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Q65

Q65: Congenital deformities of hip

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Q65 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for congenital deformities of hip. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

Other codes that can never be billed with Q65

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • M21Other acquired deformities of limbs
  • M24.3Pathological dislocation of joint, not elsewhere classified
  • Q68.3Congenital bowing of femur
  • Q74.2Other congenital malformations of lower limb(s), including pelvic girdle
  • R29.4Clicking hip

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 Q65

9 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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