Q06.9 — Congenital malformation of spinal cord, unspecified
Q06.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for congenital malformation of spinal cord, 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 spinal cord
- Congenital deformity NOS of spinal cord
- Congenital disease or lesion NOS of spinal cord
Risk adjustment
Q06.9 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
Q06.9 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy — 1 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 Q06.9 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 Q06.9.
- Anomaly, anomalous›dura›spinal cord
- Anomaly, anomalous›meningeal bands or folds›spinal
- Anomaly, anomalous›meninges›spinal
- Anomaly, anomalous›spine, spinal NEC›cord
- Deformity›spinal›cord(congenital)
- Disease, diseased›spinal›congenital
- Lesion›spinal cord›congenital
- Malformation›dura›spinal
- Malformation›meninges or membrane›spinal(cord)
- Malformation›spinal›cord
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Q06. If Q06.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Q06.9
- Is Q06.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Q06.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Q06.9 sit in the tabular list?
- Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-QA0), in the block Congenital malformations of the nervous system (Q00-Q07).