Q27.9
Q27.9: Congenital malformation of peripheral vascular system, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Q27.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for congenital malformation of peripheral vascular system, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Q27.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Anomaly of artery or vein NOS
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Q27.9
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Q27.9 is named in 9 Medicare coverage policies: 9 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
- A56697Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Vascular Studies
- A56722Billing and Coding: Intraoperative Neurophysiological Testing
- A56775Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Angiography
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Distribution vessel, atypical
- Accessory›blood vessels NEC
- Agenesis›artery(peripheral)
- Agenesis›vein(s) (peripheral)
- Anomaly, anomalous›artery(peripheral)
- Anomaly, anomalous›capillary
- Anomaly, anomalous›peripheral vascular system
- Anomaly, anomalous›vascular
- Anomaly, anomalous›vein(s) (peripheral)
- Anomaly, anomalous›vessel(s)
- Deformity›artery NOS(congenital) (peripheral)
- Deformity›vein(congenital)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.