Q24.0

Q24.0: Dextrocardia

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q24.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for dextrocardia. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Q24.0 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.

dextrocardia with situs inversus (Q89.3)
isomerism of atrial appendages (with asplenia or polysplenia) (Q20.6)
mirror-image atrial arrangement with situs inversus (Q89.3)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q24.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Q24: Other congenital malformations of heart

endocardial fibroelastosis (I42.4)

Other codes that can never be billed with Q24.0

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

Q89.3Situs inversus

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

Q24.0 is named in 13 Medicare coverage policies: 13 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

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