Q27.8
Q27.8: Other specified congenital malformations of peripheral vascular system
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Q27.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified congenital malformations of peripheral vascular system. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Q27.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- arteriovenous malformation (Q27.3-)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Absence of peripheral vascular system
- Atresia of peripheral vascular system
- Congenital aneurysm (peripheral)
- Congenital stricture, artery
- Congenital varix
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Q27.8
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with Q27.8
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- Q28Other congenital malformations of circulatory system
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Q27.8 is named in 8 Medicare coverage policies: 8 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52993Billing and Coding: Peripheral Venous Ultrasound
- A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
- A55229Billing and Coding: Treatment of Chronic Venous Insufficiency of the Lower Extremities
- A56747Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA)
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Aberrant›artery(peripheral)
- Aberrant›subclavian artery
- Aberrant›vein NEC(peripheral)
- Absence›artery(congenital) (peripheral)
- Absence›vein congenital NEC(peripheral)
- Aneurysm›congenital(peripheral)
- Atresia, atretic›artery NEC
- Atresia, atretic›vascular NEC
- Atresia, atretic›vein NEC
- Hypoplasia, hypoplastic›artery(peripheral)
- Hypoplasia, hypoplastic›peripheral vascular system
- Hypoplasia, hypoplastic›vascular NEC peripheral
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.