Q67.4
Q67.4: Other congenital deformities of skull, face and jaw
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Q67.4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other congenital deformities of skull, face and jaw. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Q67.4 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Congenital depressions in skull
- Congenital hemifacial atrophy or hypertrophy
- Deviation of nasal septum, congenital
- Squashed or bent nose, congenital
Other codes that can never be billed with Q67.4
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Q67.4 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56587Billing and Coding: Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
- A56658Billing and Coding: Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
- A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
- A58573Billing and Coding: Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Atrophy, atrophic›hemifacial
- Depression›skull
- Flattening›nose(congenital)
- Friedreich's›facial hemihypertrophy
- Hypertrophy, hypertrophic›hemifacial
- Squashed nose›congenital
- Bent›nose›congenital
- Deviation›nasal septum›congenital
- Deviation›septum›congenital
- Deformity›nose›congenital›bent or squashed
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.