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.

Check Q17.4 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

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

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q17.4

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

Q17.4 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

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.