Is Q17.4 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Q17.4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Q17.4 sit in the tabular list?

Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-QA0), in the block Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck (Q10-Q18).

What cannot be coded together with Q17.4?

Q17.4 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

Q17.4

Q17.4 — Misplaced ear

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q17.4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for misplaced ear. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes1 — never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

cervical auricle (Q18.2)

Inclusion terms

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

Low-set ears

Risk adjustment

Q17.4 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

Q17.4 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies — 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
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How Q17.4 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Q17.4.

Melotia
Displacement, displaced›auricle(congenital)
Low›set ears
Misplaced, misplacement›ear
Malposition›congenital›auricle(ear)
Malposition›congenital›ear(auricle) (external)
Malformation›ear›external›misplacement

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Q17. If Q17.4 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Q17.4

Is Q17.4 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Q17.4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Q17.4 sit in the tabular list?: Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-QA0), in the block Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck (Q10-Q18).
What cannot be coded together with Q17.4?: Q17.4 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.