Q68.0
Q68.0: Congenital deformity of sternocleidomastoid muscle
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Q68.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for congenital deformity of sternocleidomastoid muscle. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Q68.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Congenital contracture of sternocleidomastoid (muscle)
- Congenital (sternomastoid) torticollis
- Sternomastoid tumor (congenital)
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q68.0
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Q68.0
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with Q68.0
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
Q68.0 is named in 22 Medicare coverage policies: 22 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A53057Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy
- A53058Billing and Coding: Home Health Physical Therapy
- A53064Billing and Coding: Outpatient Occupational Therapy
- A53065Billing and Coding: Outpatient Physical Therapy
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Contraction, contracture, contracted›sternocleidomastoid, congenital(muscle)
- Deformity›sternocleidomastoid, congenital(muscle)
- Torticollis›congenital(sternomastoid)
- Tumor›sternomastoid(congenital)
- Contraction, contracture, contracted›muscle NEC›congenital›sternocleidomastoid
- Deformity›muscle›congenital›sternocleidomastoid
- Deformity›neck›congenital›sternocleidomastoid
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.