Q17.0

Q17.0: Accessory auricle

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q17.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for accessory auricle. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

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

Accessory tragus
Polyotia
Preauricular appendage or tag
Supernumerary ear
Supernumerary lobule

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q17.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Q17: Other congenital malformations of ear

congenital malformations of ear with impairment of hearing (Q16.0-Q16.9)
preauricular sinus (Q18.1)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

Q17.0 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
A57044Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions
A57161Billing and Coding: Benign Skin Lesion Removal (Excludes Actinic Keratosis, and Mohs)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Polyotia
Preauricular appendage or tag
Accessory›auricle(ear)
Accessory›ear(auricle) (lobe)
Accessory›lobule(ear)
Accessory›preauricular appendage
Accessory›tragus
Appendage›preauricular
Supernumerary›ear(lobule)
Supernumerary›lobule(ear)
Tag›preauricular
Tag›skin›preauricular

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.