Q61.2 — Polycystic kidney, adult type
Q61.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for polycystic kidney, adult type. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Polycystic kidney, autosomal dominant
Risk adjustment
Q61.2 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.
Medicare coverage
Q61.2 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies — 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A55336Billing and Coding: Retroperitoneal Ultrasound
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A56747Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA)
- A57189Billing and Coding: Serum Magnesium
How Q61.2 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 Q61.2.
- Cystic›kidney›adult type
- Nephritis, nephritic›polycystic›adult type
- Polycystic›degeneration, kidney›autosomal dominant(adult type)
- Polycystic›kidney›autosomal dominant(adult type)
- Degeneration, degenerative›kidney›polycystic›adult type(autosomal dominant)
- Disease, diseased›kidney›polycystic›adult type
- Disease, diseased›polycystic›kidney or renal›adult type
- Disease, diseased›renal›polycystic›adult type
- Nephritis, nephritic›polycystic›autosomal›dominant
- Polycystic›kidney›autosomal›dominant
- Cyst›kidney›more than one›specified as polycystic›adult type(autosomal dominant)
- Cyst›congenital NEC›kidney›more than one›specified as polycystic›adult type
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Q61. If Q61.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Q61.2
- Is Q61.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Q61.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Q61.2 sit in the tabular list?
- Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-QA0), in the block Congenital malformations of the urinary system (Q60-Q64).