Q25.46
Q25.46: Tortuous aortic arch
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Q25.46 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for tortuous aortic arch. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Q25.46 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Persistent convolutions of aortic arch
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Q25.46 is named in 16 Medicare coverage policies: 16 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)
- A56451Billing and Coding: Cardiac Computed Tomography (CCT) and Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA)
- A56505Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Tortuous›aortic arch
- Persistence, persistent›convolutions›aortic arch
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under Q25.4
- Q25.40Congenital malformation of aorta unspecified
- Q25.41Absence and aplasia of aorta
- Q25.42Hypoplasia of aorta
- Q25.43Congenital aneurysm of aorta
- Q25.44Congenital dilation of aorta
- Q25.45Double aortic arch
- Q25.47Right aortic arch
- Q25.48Anomalous origin of subclavian artery
- Q25.49Other congenital malformations of aorta