Q24.6

Q24.6: Congenital heart block

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q24.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for congenital heart block. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Q24.6 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q24.6

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Q24: Other congenital malformations of heart

endocardial fibroelastosis (I42.4)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

Q24.6 is named in 20 Medicare coverage policies: 20 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

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Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Block, blocked›atrioventricular›congenital
Block, blocked›heart›congenital
Block, blocked›atrioventricular›complete›congenital

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.