Q27.0

Q27.0: Congenital absence and hypoplasia of umbilical artery

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q27.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for congenital absence and hypoplasia of umbilical artery. 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.

Single umbilical artery

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Q27.0

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on Q27: Other congenital malformations of peripheral vascular system

anomalies of cerebral and precerebral vessels (Q28.0-Q28.3)
anomalies of coronary vessels (Q24.5)
anomalies of pulmonary artery (Q25.5-Q25.7)
congenital retinal aneurysm (Q14.1)
hemangioma and lymphangioma (D18.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with Q27.0

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

P02.69Newborn affected by other conditions of umbilical cord

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

Q27.0 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
A56781Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
A57306Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Absence›umbilical artery, congenital
Anomaly, anomalous›umbilical artery
Artery, arterial›single umbilical
Hypoplasia, hypoplastic›umbilical artery
Single›umbilical artery
Absence›artery›umbilical
Agenesis›artery›umbilical
Anomaly, anomalous›artery›umbilical
Atresia, atretic›artery NEC›umbilical
Deformity›artery NOS›umbilical
Hypoplasia, hypoplastic›artery›umbilical
Stricture›artery›congenital›umbilical

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.