Q71.8
Q71.8 — Other reduction defects of upper limb
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Q71.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other reduction defects of upper limb. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
Q71.8 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead Q71.8
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Q71. If Q71.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Q71.0Congenital complete absence of upper limb
- Q71.1Congenital absence of upper arm and forearm with hand present
- Q71.2Congenital absence of both forearm and hand
- Q71.3Congenital absence of hand and finger
- Q71.4Longitudinal reduction defect of radius
- Q71.5Longitudinal reduction defect of ulna
- Q71.6Lobster-claw hand
- Q71.9Unspecified reduction defect of upper limb
Questions about Q71.8
- Is Q71.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Q71.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Q71.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-QA0), in the block Congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system (Q65-Q79).