Q68.2

Q68.2: Congenital deformity of knee

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q68.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for congenital deformity of knee. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

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

Congenital dislocation of knee
Congenital genu recurvatum

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q68.2

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Q68: Other congenital musculoskeletal deformities

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

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Q68.2

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on Q68: Other congenital musculoskeletal deformities

congenital myotonic chondrodystrophy (G71.13)

Other codes that can never be billed with Q68.2

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

Q74.1Congenital malformation of knee

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

Q68.2 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A52465Knee Orthoses - Policy Article
A53058Billing and Coding: Home Health Physical Therapy
A53065Billing and Coding: Outpatient Physical Therapy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Deformity›knee NEC›congenital
Dislocation›knee›congenital
Genu›recurvatum›congenital

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.