Q17.5

Q17.5: Prominent ear

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q17.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for prominent ear. 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.

Bat ear

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q17.5

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

Q17.5 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

Bat ear
Prominence, prominent›auricle(congenital) (ear)
Malformation›ear›external›prominence

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.