ICD-10-CM Code Z38.7
Other multiple liveborn infant, born outside hospital

BILLABLE

Billable Code

Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.

POA Exempt

POA Exempt Code

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires medical coders to indicate whether or not a condition was present at the time of admission, in order to properly assign MS-DRG codes. This "Present On Admission" (POA) indicator is recorded on CMS form 4010A.

Newborn Only

Code is only used for patients less than 1 year old.

| ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016

Z38.7 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of other multiple liveborn infant, born outside hospital. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.

POA Indicators on CMS form 4010A are as follows:

Indicator	Meaning	CMS Will Pay CC/MCC DRG Costs
Y	Diagnosis was present at time of inpatient admission	Yes
N	Diagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission	No
U	Documentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.	No
W	Clinically undetermined. Provider unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.	Yes
1	Exempt from POA reporting	No

MS-DRG Mapping

DRG Group #795 - Normal newborn.

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'Z38.7 - Other multiple liveborn infant, born outside hospital'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code Z38.7. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.

Infant(s) (see: Infancy) +

Newborn(infant) (liveborn) (singleton) +

Equivalent ICD-9 Codes GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)

V34.1

Other multiple birth (three or more), mates all liveborn, born before admission to hospital (approximate match)

V34.2

Other multiple birth (three or more), mates all liveborn, born outside hospital and not hospitalized (approximate match)

V35.1

Other multiple birth (three or more), mates all stillborn, born before admission to hospital (approximate match)

V35.2

Other multiple birth (three or more), mates all stillborn, born outside of hospital and not hospitalized (approximate match)

V36.1

Other multiple birth (three or more), mates liveborn and stillborn, born before admission to hospital (approximate match)

V36.2

Other multiple birth (three or more), mates liveborn and stillborn, born outside hospital and not hospitalized (approximate match)

V37.1

Other multiple birth (three or more), unspecified whether mates liveborn or stillborn, born before admission to hospital (approximate match)

V37.2

Other multiple birth (three or more), unspecified whether mates liveborn or stillborn, born outside of hospital (approximate match)

This is the official approximate match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that while there is no exact mapping between this ICD10 code Z38.7 and a single ICD9 code, V37.2 is an approximate match for comparison and conversion purposes.

Parent Code: Z38 - Liveborn infants according to place of birth and type of delivery

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ICD-10-CM Code Z38.7 Other multiple liveborn infant, born outside hospital