Q38
Q38: Other congenital malformations of tongue, mouth and pharynx
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Q38 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other congenital malformations of tongue, mouth and pharynx. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with Q38
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead Q38
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- Q38.0Congenital malformations of lips, not elsewhere classified
- Q38.1Ankyloglossia
- Q38.2Macroglossia
- Q38.3Other congenital malformations of tongue
- Q38.4Congenital malformations of salivary glands and ducts
- Q38.5Congenital malformations of palate, not elsewhere classified
- Q38.6Other congenital malformations of mouth
- Q38.7Congenital pharyngeal pouch
- Q38.8Other congenital malformations of pharynx