Q68

Q68: Other congenital musculoskeletal deformities

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Q68 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other congenital musculoskeletal deformities. 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.

reduction defects of limb(s) (Q71-Q73)

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

congenital myotonic chondrodystrophy (G71.13)

Other codes that can never be billed with Q68

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

G24.3Spasmodic torticollis
M43.6Torticollis
M20Acquired deformities of fingers and toes
M21Other acquired deformities of limbs
Q74.1Congenital malformation of knee
R29.891Ocular torticollis
R68.3Clubbing of fingers

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 Q68

8 child codes. Green means billable.