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Q10.7

Q10.7: Congenital malformation of orbit

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q10.7 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for congenital malformation of orbit. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Q10.7 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q10.7

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Q10: Congenital malformations of eyelid, lacrimal apparatus and orbit

  • cryptophthalmos NOS (Q11.2)
  • cryptophthalmos syndrome (Q87.0)

Other codes that can never be billed with Q10.7

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • H05.3Deformity of orbit
  • H05Disorders of orbit

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

Q10.7 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
  • A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
  • A57483Billing and Coding: Visual Fields
  • A57637Billing and Coding: Visual Field Examination

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Anomaly, anomalous›orbit(eye)
  • Malformation›orbit
  • Deformity›orbit›congenital

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Q10

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.