DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

Q36 Cleft lip

  • Header · not billable

Q36 is not billable. The category heads 3 billable codes in FY2027: the 3 codes directly below it.

Index → code

  • Cleft (congenital)lip (unilateral) → Q36.9
  • Cleft (congenital)lip (unilateral)median → Q36.1
  • Cleft (congenital)lip (unilateral)bilateral → Q36.0

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 17 Congenital malformations, deformations, chromosomal abnormalities, and genetic disorders (Q00-QA1)
  2. Q35-Q37 Cleft lip and cleft palate (Q35-Q37)
  3. Q36 Cleft lip
Billable codes
3
Subdivisions
3
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
3

Codes in Q36

  1. Q36.0
    Cleft lip, bilateral
    BillableExempt
  2. Q36.1
    Cleft lip, median
    BillableExempt
  3. Q36.9
    Cleft lip, unilateral
    BillableExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Cleft lip NOS

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At Q36

Includes

  • cheiloschisis
  • congenital fissure of lip
  • harelip
  • labium leporinum

Excludes1

  • cleft lip with cleft palate (Q37.-) Q37

Notes that also apply

Block Q35-Q37 instructions (Excludes2 1, Use additional code 1): printed on the block page.

Chapter 17 instructions (Notes 1, Excludes2 1): printed on the chapter 17 page.

Index entries

  • Cleft (congenital)lip (unilateral) → Q36.9
  • Cleft (congenital)lip (unilateral)bilateral → Q36.0
  • Cleft (congenital)lip (unilateral)median → Q36.1

NCHS Alphabetic Index. Index first, then the Tabular List.

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