Q61.00
Q61.00: Congenital renal cyst, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Q61.00 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for congenital renal cyst, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Q61.00 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Cyst of kidney NOS (congenital)
Other codes that can never be billed with Q61.00
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- N28.1Cyst of kidney, acquired
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Q61.00 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A55336Billing and Coding: Retroperitoneal Ultrasound
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A57643Billing and Coding: Lab: Cystatin C Measurement
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Cyst›congenital NEC›kidney
- Cyst›kidney›congenital
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.