Q01
Q01: Encephalocele
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Q01 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for encephalocele. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- Meckel-Gruber syndrome (Q61.9)
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- Arnold-Chiari syndrome, type III
- encephalocystocele
- encephalomyelocele
- hydroencephalocele
- hydromeningocele, cranial
- meningocele, cerebral
- meningoencephalocele
Other codes that can never be billed with Q01
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead Q01
5 child codes. Green means billable.