Q04.9 — Congenital malformation of brain, unspecified
Q04.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for congenital malformation of brain, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Congenital anomaly NOS of brain
- Congenital deformity NOS of brain
- Congenital disease or lesion NOS of brain
- Multiple anomalies NOS of brain, congenital
Risk adjustment
Q04.9 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 182 Spinal Cord Disorders/Injuries0.478 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.
Medicare coverage
Q04.9 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies — 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
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How Q04.9 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Q04.9.
- Cyclencephaly
- Anomaly, anomalous›brain(multiple)
- Anomaly, anomalous›cerebral
- Anomaly, anomalous›dura(brain)
- Deformity›brain(congenital)
- Distortion›brain
- Malformation›brain(multiple)
- Malformation›cerebral
- Deformity›cerebral, acquired›congenital
- Disease, diseased›brain›congenital
- Lesion›brain›congenital
- Malformation›dura›brain
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Q04. If Q04.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Q04.9
- Is Q04.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Q04.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Q04.9 sit in the tabular list?
- Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-QA0), in the block Congenital malformations of the nervous system (Q00-Q07).