Q32.4

Q32.4: Other congenital malformations of bronchus

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q32.4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other congenital malformations of bronchus. 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.

Absence of bronchus
Agenesis of bronchus
Atresia of bronchus
Congenital diverticulum of bronchus
Congenital malformation of bronchus NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q32.4

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

Q32.4 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Mounier-Kuhn syndrome
Tracheobronchomegaly
Absence›bronchus(congenital)
Agenesis›bronchus
Anomaly, anomalous›bronchus
Aplasia›bronchus
Atresia, atretic›bronchus
Blind›bronchus(congenital)
Deformity›bronchus(congenital)
Diverticulum, diverticula›bronchus(congenital)
Hypoplasia, hypoplastic›bronchus
Malformation›bronchus

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.