Q30.0

Q30.0: Choanal atresia

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q30.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for choanal atresia. 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.

Atresia of nares (anterior) (posterior)
Congenital stenosis of nares (anterior) (posterior)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q30.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Q30: Congenital malformations of nose

congenital deviation of nasal septum (Q67.4)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

Q30.0 is named in 8 Medicare coverage policies: 8 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
A56587Billing and Coding: Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
A56781Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Atresia, atretic›choana
Atresia, atretic›nares(anterior) (posterior)
Atresia, atretic›nose, nostril
Closure›congenital, nose
Closure›nose(congenital)
Fusion, fused›choanal
Fusion, fused›nares, nose, nasal, nostril(s)
Occlusion, occluded›choanal
Occlusion, occluded›nose›congenital
Stenosis, stenotic›nares›congenital
Stricture›nares›congenital
Stricture›nose›congenital

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.