Q26.1
Q26.1: Persistent left superior vena cava
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exemptleft
Q26.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for persistent left superior vena cava. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Q26.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberRisk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Q26.1 is named in 15 Medicare coverage policies: 15 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52868Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
- A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
- A56414Billing and Coding: Endovenous Stenting
- A56451Billing and Coding: Cardiac Computed Tomography (CCT) and Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA)
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Persistence, persistent›left›superior vena cava
- Malformation›great›vein›persistent left superior vena cava
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under Q26
- Q26.0Congenital stenosis of vena cava
- Q26.2Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection
- Q26.3Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection
- Q26.4Anomalous pulmonary venous connection, unspecified
- Q26.5Anomalous portal venous connection
- Q26.6Portal vein-hepatic artery fistula
- Q26.8Other congenital malformations of great veins
- Q26.9Congenital malformation of great vein, unspecified