Q32.1

Q32.1: Other congenital malformations of trachea

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q32.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other congenital malformations of trachea. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Q32.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Atresia of trachea
Congenital anomaly of tracheal cartilage
Congenital dilatation of trachea
Congenital malformation of trachea
Congenital stenosis of trachea
Congenital tracheocele

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q32.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Q32: Congenital malformations of trachea and bronchus

congenital bronchiectasis (Q33.4)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

Q32.1 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
A56868Billing and Coding: Outpatient Speech Language Pathology
A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Absence›trachea, congenital(cartilage)
Agenesis›trachea(cartilage)
Anomaly, anomalous›trachea(cartilage)
Atresia, atretic›trachea
Bifurcation›trachea
Deformity›trachea(rings) (congenital)
Dilatation›trachea, congenital
Displacement, displaced›trachea(congenital)
Distortion›trachea(cartilage)
Fistula›trachea, congenital(external) (internal)
Malformation›trachea
Separation›tracheal ring, incomplete, congenital

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.