Q17.3

Q17.3: Other misshapen ear

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q17.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other misshapen ear. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Q17.3 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

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

Pointed ear

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q17.3

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

Q17.3 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
A56658Billing and Coding: Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Aztec ear
Lop ear(deformity)
Macacus ear
Pointed ear(congenital)
Ridged ear, congenital
Anomaly, anomalous›concha(ear)
Cat›ear
Distortion›ear(auricle) (external)
Rudimentary›lobule of ear
Malformation›auricle›ear(congenital)
Malformation›ear›external›misshapen NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.