Q15.8

Q15.8: Other specified congenital malformations of eye

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q15.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified congenital malformations of eye. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Q15.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q15.8

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Q15: Other congenital malformations of eye

congenital nystagmus (H55.01)
ocular albinism (E70.31-)
optic nerve hypoplasia (H47.03-)
retinitis pigmentosa (H35.52)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

Q15.8 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
A56726Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Posterior Segment Imaging (Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography)
A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Macrocornea
Megalocornea
Norrie's disease(congenital)
Ophthalmocele(congenital)
Anomaly, anomalous›ocular muscle
Deformity›globe(eye) (congenital)
Distortion›eye(adnexa)
Exophthalmos›congenital
Keratoglobus›congenital
Aberrant›artery›eye
Adhesions, adhesive›conjunctiva›congenital
Agenesis›eye›adnexa

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.