Z38.2
Single liveborn infant, unspecified as to place of birth
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 8 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Instructional notes 5
Z38code
Inclusion terms
- 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.
Z38.2code
Inclusion terms
- Single liveborn infant NOS
Z00-Z99chapter
Notes
- Z codes represent reasons for encounters. A corresponding procedure code must accompany a Z code if a procedure is performed. Categories Z00-Z99 are provided for occasions when circumstances other than a disease, injury or external cause classifiable to categories A00-Y89 are recorded as 'diagnoses' or 'problems'. This can arise in two main ways:Z00-Z99A00-Y89
- (a) When a person who may or may not be sick encounters the health services for some specific purpose, such as to receive limited care or service for a current condition, to donate an organ or tissue, to receive prophylactic vaccination (immunization), or to discuss a problem which is in itself not a disease or injury.
- (b) When some circumstance or problem is present which influences the person's health status but is not in itself a current illness or injury.
Index entries leading here 2
Alongside this code 8 same parent — Z38
Z38.0 Single liveborn infant, born in hospital category Z38.1 Single liveborn infant, born outside hospital Z38.3 Twin liveborn infant, born in hospital category Z38.4 Twin liveborn infant, born outside hospital Z38.5 Twin liveborn infant, unspecified as to place of birth Z38.6 Other multiple liveborn infant, born in hospital category Z38.7 Other multiple liveborn infant, born outside hospital Z38.8 Other multiple liveborn infant, unsp as to place of birth
Additional references
AHA Coding Clinic® Licence required
Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.