Mrs. Evans has brought her child in for surgery to correct a cleft palate. Which code range in ICD-10 applies to this procedure? 

A. A00-B99
B. D50-D89
C. Q00-Q99
D. V01-Y99
E. Z00-Z99


C. Q00-Q99
Cleft palate is a congenital malformation, and as such, would be found in Chapter 17, "Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities," which contains the code range Q00-Q99.

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