Is Q32.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Q32.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Q32.2 sit in the tabular list?

Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-QA0), in the block Congenital malformations of the respiratory system (Q30-Q34).

What cannot be coded together with Q32.2?

Q32.2 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above Q32.2 (Q32) and apply to it just the same.

Q32.2

Q32.2 — Congenital bronchomalacia

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q32.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for congenital bronchomalacia. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q32.2

These are not written on Q32.2, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing Q32.2 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on Q32 — Congenital malformations of trachea and bronchus

congenital bronchiectasis (Q33.4)

Risk adjustment

Q32.2 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

Q32.2 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies — 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

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

How Q32.2 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Q32.2.

Bronchomalacia›congenital

Code history

Q32.2 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Q32. If Q32.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Q32.2

Is Q32.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Q32.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Q32.2 sit in the tabular list?: Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-QA0), in the block Congenital malformations of the respiratory system (Q30-Q34).
What cannot be coded together with Q32.2?: Q32.2 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above Q32.2 (Q32) and apply to it just the same.