Is Q67.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Q67.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Q67.8 sit in the tabular list?

Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-QA0), in the block Congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system (Q65-Q79).

What cannot be coded together with Q67.8?

Q67.8 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above Q67.8 (Q67) and apply to it just the same.

Q67.8

Q67.8 — Other congenital deformities of chest

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q67.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other congenital deformities of chest. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

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

Congenital deformity of chest wall NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q67.8

These are not written on Q67.8, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing Q67.8 with anything listed here is a denial.

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

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

Other codes that can never be billed with Q67.8

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at Q67.8. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading Q67.8 alone.

Q76Congenital malformations of spine and bony thorax

Risk adjustment

Q67.8 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

Q67.8 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy — 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A57179Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiogram

How Q67.8 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Q67.8.

Anomaly, anomalous›chest wall
Anomaly, anomalous›thorax(wall)
Distortion›chest(wall)
Distortion›thorax(wall)
Flat›chest, congenital
Deformity›chest›congenital
Deformity›thorax›congenital

Code history

Q67.8 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Q67. If Q67.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Q67.8

Is Q67.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Q67.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Q67.8 sit in the tabular list?: Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-QA0), in the block Congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system (Q65-Q79).
What cannot be coded together with Q67.8?: Q67.8 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above Q67.8 (Q67) and apply to it just the same.