Q16.9

Q16.9: Congenital malformation of ear causing impairment of hearing, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exemptunspecified

Q16.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for congenital malformation of ear causing impairment of hearing, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Q16.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Congenital absence of ear NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q16.9

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Q16: Congenital malformations of ear causing impairment of hearing

congenital deafness (H90.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with Q16.9

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

Q17Other congenital malformations of ear

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

Q16.9 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Absence›ear, congenital
Agenesis›ear
Anomaly, anomalous›ear›causing impairment of hearing
Hypoplasia, hypoplastic›auditory canal›causing impairment of hearing
Malformation›ear›causing impairment of hearing
Anomaly, anomalous›auricle›ear›causing impairment of hearing
Malformation›ear›external›causing impairment of hearing
Malposition›congenital›auditory canal›causing impairment of hearing
Malposition›congenital›auricle›causing impairment of hearing

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.