Is Q34.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Q34.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Q34.0 sit in the tabular list?

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

Q34.0

Q34.0 — Anomaly of pleura

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q34.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for anomaly of pleura. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Q34.0

Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of Q34.0, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.

Written on Q34 — Other congenital malformations of respiratory system

congenital central alveolar hypoventilation syndrome (G47.35)

Risk adjustment

Q34.0 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.

How Q34.0 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 Q34.0.

Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›pleural(folds)
Anomaly, anomalous›pleural(folds)

Code history

Q34.0 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 Q34. If Q34.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Q34.0

Is Q34.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Q34.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Q34.0 sit in the tabular list?: Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-QA0), in the block Congenital malformations of the respiratory system (Q30-Q34).