Q63.8

Q63.8: Other specified congenital malformations of kidney

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q63.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified congenital malformations of kidney. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Q63.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Congenital renal calculi

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q63.8

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

Q63.8 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

L-shaped kidney
Ramifying renal pelvis
Bifid›kidney
Bifurcation›kidney pelvis
Bifurcation›renal pelvis
Defect, defective›renal pelvis
Trifid›kidney(pelvis)
Wandering›kidney, congenital
Anomaly, anomalous›kidney›specified NEC
Calculus, calculi, calculous›kidney›congenital
Contraction, contracture, contracted›kidney›congenital
Floating›kidney›congenital

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.