Q33.6
Q33.6: Congenital hypoplasia and dysplasia of lung
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Q33.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for congenital hypoplasia and dysplasia of lung. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Q33.6 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- pulmonary hypoplasia associated with short gestation (P28.0)
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Q33.6 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
- A56781Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
- A57306Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Dysplasia›lung, congenital(not associated with short gestation)
- Hypoplasia, hypoplastic›lung(lobe) (not associated with short gestation)
- Hypoplasia, hypoplastic›pulmonary(not associated with short gestation)
- Undeveloped, undevelopment›lung
- Development›imperfect, congenital›lungs
- Inadequate, inadequacy›development›lungs
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.