Q35.1 Cleft hard palate

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting.

Applies from Q35 Cleft palate

Includes

• fissure of palate
• palatoschisis

Excludes1 (never code together)

• cleft palate with cleft lip (Q37.-)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 011-013 in MDC PRE.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 749.00 Cleft palate, unspecified (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to Q35.1

Back-references to Q35

• Type 1 Excludes: Q18 Other congenital malformations of face and neck ("cleft lip and cleft palate (Q35-Q37)")
• Type 1 Excludes: Q38.5 Congenital malformations of palate, not elsewhere classified ("cleft palate (Q35.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Q35.1

• Cleft (congenital) › palate › hard
• Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of) › palatine vault

Nearby codes

• Q35 Cleft palate
• Q35.1 Cleft hard palate (this code)
• Q35.3 Cleft soft palate
• Q35.5 Cleft hard palate with cleft soft palate
• Q35.7 Cleft uvula
• Q35.9 Cleft palate, unspecified