Q35 ICD-10-CA category: Cleft palate
Q35 isn’t a code on its own. Choose one of the 5 codes beneath it, the one the documentation supports.
Official description
Q35Cleft palate
ICD-10-CA · Canada
Codes in Q35
Q35 isn’t a code on its own. Open the code that matches what the note documents.
Notes for Q35
As CIHI prints them, with any note Q35 takes from the headings above it.
Includes
- Fissure of palatepalatoschisis
Use additional code
Add a code for this detail when the note documents it.
- Use additional code (Q30.2) to identify associated malformations of the noseFrom Q35-Q37 Cleft lip and cleft palate
Excludes
Conditions classified elsewhere.
- Cleft palate with cleft lip (Q37)
- Robin's syndrome (Q87.0)From Q35-Q37 Cleft lip and cleft palate
- Inborn errors of metabolism (E70-E90)From Chapter 17: Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
Where Q35 sits
- 1ChapterChapter 17: Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- 2Block Q35-Q37Cleft lip and cleft palate
- 3Category Q35Cleft palate
Source and release
- Data release
- ICD-10-CA · FY 2026–2027
- Effective date
- Apr 1, 2026
- Publisher
- CIHI
This page is built from the ICD-10-CA catalog that Vero Codes reads when it suggests codes: Canadian Institute for Health Information’s FY 2026–2027 release, imported from the publisher’s file and checked against it. The description, notes and structured data come from the same record.
Frequently asked questions
Is Q35 a valid ICD-10-CA code?
No. Q35 (Cleft palate) is a category heading in CIHI’s ICD-10-CA FY 2026–2027 release. It holds 5 codes; record the one the documentation supports.
Where is Q35 in ICD-10-CA?
Q35 sits under Q35-Q37 Cleft lip and cleft palate, within Chapter 17: Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99).
What coding notes apply to Q35?
ICD-10-CA lists Includes, Excludes, Use additional code notes for Q35, including those from the headings it sits under. They are listed on this page with where each one comes from.
Which ICD-10-CA release does this page use?
It uses CIHI’s FY 2026–2027 release, in effect from Apr 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2027. It is a reference: confirm the code against the current list and the payer’s rules before you submit it.