Q24.5

Q24.5: Malformation of coronary vessels

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q24.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for malformation of coronary vessels. 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.

Congenital coronary (artery) aneurysm

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q24.5

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 Q24.5

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

I25.41Coronary artery aneurysm
Q28Other congenital malformations of circulatory system

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

Q24.5 is named in 21 Medicare coverage policies: 21 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

Bridge, myocardial
Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›coronary artery
Accessory›coronary artery
Anomaly, anomalous›coronary artery or vein
Anomaly, anomalous›distribution, coronary artery
Distortion›coronary
Distribution vessel, atypical›coronary artery
Malformation›coronary vessels
Single›coronary artery
Aberrant›artery›coronary
Absence›artery›coronary
Accessory›blood vessels NEC›coronary

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.