Q20.9
Q20.9: Congenital malformation of cardiac chambers and connections, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Q20.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for congenital malformation of cardiac chambers and connections, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Q20.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberRisk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Q20.9 is named in 13 Medicare coverage policies: 13 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
- A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
- A56451Billing and Coding: Cardiac Computed Tomography (CCT) and Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA)
- A56476Billing and Coding: Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Anomaly, anomalous›cardiac›chambers
- Malformation›cardiac›chambers
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under Q20
- Q20.0Common arterial trunk
- Q20.1Double outlet right ventricle
- Q20.2Double outlet left ventricle
- Q20.3Discordant ventriculoarterial connection
- Q20.4Double inlet ventricle
- Q20.5Discordant atrioventricular connection
- Q20.6Isomerism of atrial appendages
- Q20.8Other congenital malformations of cardiac chambers and connections