Z37.9 Outcome of delivery, unspecified

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

Applicable to

• Multiple birth NOS
• Single birth NOS

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)

• V27.9 Outcome of delivery, unspecified outcome of delivery

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 Z37.9

• Outcome of delivery
• Outcome of delivery › multiple births
• Outcome of delivery › single NEC
• Outcome of delivery › twins NEC

Nearby codes

• 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
• Z37.9 Outcome of delivery, unspecified (this code)