Q18.8
Q18.8: Other specified congenital malformations of face and neck
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Q18.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified congenital malformations of face and neck. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Q18.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Medial cyst of face and neck
- Medial fistula of face and neck
- Medial sinus of face and neck
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q18.8
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on Q18: Other congenital malformations of face and neck
Other codes that can never be billed with Q18.8
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- Q75Other congenital malformations of skull and face bones
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Q18.8 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
- A56908Billing and Coding: Blepharoplasty, Blepharoptosis and Brow Lift
- A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Absence›chin, congenital
- Absence›face, specified part NEC
- Absence›neck, part
- Agenesis›chin
- Agenesis›neck, part
- Anomaly, anomalous›eyebrow
- Cyst›medial, face and neck
- Deformity›eyebrow(congenital)
- Fistula›medial, face and neck
- Flattening›lip(congenital)
- Hypoplasia, hypoplastic›face
- Sinus›medial, face and neck
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.