Q25.79
Q25.79: Other congenital malformations of pulmonary artery
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Q25.79 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other congenital malformations of pulmonary artery. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Q25.79 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Aberrant pulmonary artery
- Agenesis of pulmonary artery
- Congenital aneurysm of pulmonary artery
- Congenital anomaly of pulmonary artery
- Hypoplasia of pulmonary artery
Other codes that can never be billed with Q25.79
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- I28.1Aneurysm of pulmonary artery
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Q25.79 is named in 19 Medicare coverage policies: 19 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
- Aberrant›artery›pulmonary
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›pulmonary›artery, congenital
- Absence›artery›pulmonary
- Agenesis›artery›pulmonary
- Aneurysm›congenital›pulmonary
- Anomaly, anomalous›artery›pulmonary NEC
- Anomaly, anomalous›pulmonary›artery NEC
- Hypoplasia, hypoplastic›artery›pulmonary
- Anomaly, anomalous›origin›artery›pulmonary
- Malformation›pulmonary›artery›specified type NEC
- Malposition›congenital›artery›pulmonary
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.