Q68.8

Q68.8: Other specified congenital musculoskeletal deformities

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q68.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified congenital musculoskeletal deformities. 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 deformity of clavicle
Congenital deformity of elbow
Congenital deformity of forearm
Congenital deformity of scapula
Congenital deformity of wrist
Congenital dislocation of elbow
Congenital dislocation of shoulder
Congenital dislocation of wrist

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q68.8

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 Q68.8

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.

Medicare coverage

Q68.8 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A53057Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy
A53064Billing and Coding: Outpatient Occupational Therapy
A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Arthrogryposis(congenital)
Cubitus›congenital
Dislocation›congenital NEC
Distortion›arm NEC
Distortion›femur NEC
Distortion›fibula NEC
Distortion›humerus NEC
Distortion›leg NEC
Distortion›radius NEC
Distortion›tibia NEC
Distortion›ulna NEC
Distortion›wrist(bones) (joint)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.