Q20.1

Q20.1: Double outlet right ventricle

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exemptright

Q20.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for double outlet right ventricle. 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.

Taussig-Bing syndrome

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q20.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Q20: Congenital malformations of cardiac chambers and connections

dextrocardia with situs inversus (Q89.3)
mirror-image atrial arrangement with situs inversus (Q89.3)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

Q20.1 is named in 18 Medicare coverage policies: 18 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
A52868Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
A56451Billing and Coding: Cardiac Computed Tomography (CCT) and Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Origin of both great vessels from right ventricle
Taussig-Bing syndrome
Complex›Taussig-Bing(transposition, aorta and overriding pulmonary artery)
Defect, defective›Taussig-Bing(aortic transposition and overriding pulmonary artery)
Double›outlet›right ventricle

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.