749 Cleft palate and cleft lip (749.00-749.25) ICD-9-CM
The 749.00-749.25 block classified 749 cleft palate and cleft lip with 16 legacy diagnosis codes. None remain valid for claim submission; each code below links to its reference page with the official ICD-10-CM replacement under the CMS General Equivalence Mappings.
Retired Code Set
ICD-9-CM stopped being valid for U.S. claims with dates of service on or after October 1, 2015, when ICD-10-CM replaced it. Use this index for historical lookups and crosswalking; for current coding, start from the ICD-10-CM codes list or the ICD-9 / ICD-10 converter.
Legacy Codes in the 749.00-749.25 Block 16 codes
None of these codes remain valid for claim submission. Each code page shows its ICD-10-CM replacement under the CMS General Equivalence Mappings.
- 749.00 Cleft palate NOS
- 749.01 Unilat cleft palate-comp
- 749.02 Unilat cleft palate-inc
- 749.03 Bilat cleft palate-compl
- 749.04 Bilat cleft palate-inc
- 749.10 Cleft lip NOS
- 749.11 Unilat cleft lip-compl
- 749.12 Unilat cleft lip-imcompl
- 749.13 Bilat cleft lip-complete
- 749.14 Bilat cleft lip-incompl
- 749.20 Cleft palate & lip NOS
- 749.21 Unil cleft palat/lip-com
- 749.22 Unil cleft palat/lip-inc
- 749.23 Bilat clft palat/lip-com
- 749.24 Bilat clft palat/lip-inc
- 749.25 Cleft palate & lip NEC
Questions About This Page
Are the 749.00-749.25 codes still billable?
No. Every code in this block became invalid for U.S. claims after September 30, 2015. Each code page linked above shows the ICD-10-CM replacement CMS assigned in the General Equivalence Mappings, and the ICD-9 / ICD-10 converter translates any of them directly.
What did the 749.00-749.25 block classify?
The block classified 749 cleft palate and cleft lip with 16 codes in the final ICD-9-CM release. It sat under Congenital anomalies (740–759) in the legacy hierarchy.
Related References
Source: final CMS ICD-9-CM release (version date October 1, 2014). Retired from U.S. claims after September 30, 2015.