Z37.61 Triplets, some liveborn

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

Applies from Z37 Outcome of delivery

Applicable to

• This category is intended for use as an additional code to identify the outcome of delivery on the mother's record. It is not for use on the newborn record.

Excludes1 (never code together)

• stillbirth (P95)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 768 in MDC 14.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• V27.6 Outcome of delivery, other multiple birth, some liveborn (approximate)

Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))

• Maternity diagnoses (age 9 through 64): Age conflict edit. These diagnoses are clinically expected only in patients age 9 through 64.
• Unacceptable principal diagnosis: These codes describe a circumstance which influences care but is not a current illness or injury, or capture only an underlying condition, and are unacceptable as principal diagnosis.

Diagnosis Index entries for Z37.61

• Outcome of delivery › multiple births › some liveborn › triplets

Nearby codes

• Z37.53 Quintuplets, all liveborn
• Z37.54 Sextuplets, all liveborn
• Z37.59 Other multiple births, all liveborn
• Z37.6 Other multiple births, some liveborn
• Z37.60 Multiple births, unspecified, some liveborn
• Z37.61 Triplets, some liveborn (this code)
• Z37.62 Quadruplets, some liveborn
• Z37.63 Quintuplets, some liveborn
• Z37.64 Sextuplets, some liveborn
• Z37.69 Other multiple births, some liveborn
• Z37.7 Other multiple births, all stillborn