Q63.1

Q63.1: Lobulated, fused and horseshoe kidney

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q63.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for lobulated, fused and horseshoe kidney. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Q63.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q63.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Q63: Other congenital malformations of kidney

congenital nephrotic syndrome (N04.-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

Q63.1 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Cake kidney
Clump, kidney
Horseshoe kidney(congenital)
Shield kidney
Fusion, fused›kidneys(incomplete)
Lobulation›kidney,
Ren›arcuatus
Ren›unguliformis
Sigmoid›kidney
Malformation›kidney›horseshoe

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.