Q68.3

Q68.3: Congenital bowing of femur

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q68.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for congenital bowing of femur. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Q68.3 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

anteversion of femur (neck) (Q65.89)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q68.3

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 Q68.3

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)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Bowing›femur›congenital

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Q68