Q67.6

Q67.6: Pectus excavatum

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q67.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for pectus excavatum. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Q67.6 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

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

Congenital funnel chest

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q67.6

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Q67: Congenital musculoskeletal deformities of head, face, spine and chest

congenital malformation syndromes classified to Q87.-
Potter's syndrome (Q60.6)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

Q67.6 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies: 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
A56781Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
A57179Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiogram
A57306Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Pectus›excavatum(congenital)
Pectus›recurvatum(congenital)
Funnel›breast›congenital
Funnel›chest›congenital

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.