MCMedicalCodingSoftware
Free trial
Q68.4

Q68.4: Congenital bowing of tibia and fibula

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q68.4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for congenital bowing of tibia and fibula. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Q68.4 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q68.4

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 Q68.4

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›fibula›congenital
  • Bowing›tibia›congenital

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Q68

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.