Z38.7 Other multiple liveborn infant, born outside hospital

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

Applies from Z38 Liveborn infants according to place of birth and type of delivery

Applicable to

• This category is for use as the principal code on the initial record of a newborn baby. It is to be used for the initial birth record only. It is not to be used on the mother's record.

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 795 in MDC 15.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• V34.1 Other multiple birth (three or more), mates all liveborn, born before admission to hospital (approximate)
• V34.2 Other multiple birth (three or more), mates all liveborn, born outside hospital and not hospitalized (approximate)
• V35.1 Other multiple birth (three or more), mates all stillborn, born before admission to hospital (approximate)
• V35.2 Other multiple birth (three or more), mates all stillborn, born outside of hospital and not hospitalized (approximate)
• V36.1 Other multiple birth (three or more), mates liveborn and stillborn, born before admission to hospital (approximate)
• V36.2 Other multiple birth (three or more), mates liveborn and stillborn, born outside hospital and not hospitalized (approximate)

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

• Perinatal/Newborn diagnoses: Age conflict edit. These diagnoses occur only during the perinatal or newborn period, so the Medicare Code Editor flags them on any record where the patient is not age 0.

Diagnosis Index entries for Z38.7

• Infant (s) › liveborn (singleton) › multiple NEC › born outside hospital
• Infant (s) › liveborn (singleton) › quadruplet › born outside hospital
• Infant (s) › liveborn (singleton) › quintuplet › born outside hospital
• Infant (s) › liveborn (singleton) › triplet › born outside hospital
• Newborn (infant) (liveborn) (singleton) › multiple born NEC › born outside hospital
• Newborn (infant) (liveborn) (singleton) › quadruplet › born outside hospital
• Newborn (infant) (liveborn) (singleton) › quintuplet › born outside hospital
• Newborn (infant) (liveborn) (singleton) › triplet › born outside hospital

Nearby codes

• Z38.64 Quadruplet liveborn infant, delivered by cesarean
• Z38.65 Quintuplet liveborn infant, delivered vaginally
• Z38.66 Quintuplet liveborn infant, delivered by cesarean
• Z38.68 Other multiple liveborn infant, delivered vaginally
• Z38.69 Other multiple liveborn infant, delivered by cesarean
• Z38.7 Other multiple liveborn infant, born outside hospital (this code)
• Z38.8 Other multiple liveborn infant, unspecified as to place of birth