Q25.40

Q25.40: Congenital malformation of aorta unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q25.40 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for congenital malformation of aorta unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Q25.40 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q25.40

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Q25.4: Other congenital malformations of aorta

hypoplasia of aorta in hypoplastic left heart syndrome (Q23.4)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

Q25.40 is named in 12 Medicare coverage policies: 12 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)
A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Anomaly, anomalous›aorta NEC(arch)
Deformity›aorta(arch) (congenital)
Malformation›aorta

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.