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Q25.72

Q25.72: Congenital pulmonary arteriovenous malformation

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q25.72 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for congenital pulmonary arteriovenous malformation. 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 pulmonary arteriovenous aneurysm

Other codes that can never be billed with Q25.72

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

  • I28.0Arteriovenous fistula of pulmonary vessels
  • I28.1Aneurysm of pulmonary artery

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

Q25.72 is named in 20 Medicare coverage policies: 20 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

  • Aneurysm›pulmonary›arteriovenous
  • Communication›between›pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein, congenital
  • Malformation›pulmonary›arteriovenous
  • Shunt›arteriovenous, pulmonary›congenital
  • Fistula›arteriovenous›congenital›pulmonary
  • Fistula›arteriovenous›pulmonary›congenital
  • Fistula›pulmonary›arteriovenous›congenital

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Q25.7

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.