Q72.0
Q72.0: Congenital complete absence of lower limb
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Q72.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for congenital complete absence of lower limb. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with Q72.0
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- Q66Congenital deformities of feet
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead Q72.0
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Other codes under Q72
- Q72.1Congenital absence of thigh and lower leg with foot present
- Q72.2Congenital absence of both lower leg and foot
- Q72.3Congenital absence of foot and toe(s)
- Q72.4Longitudinal reduction defect of femur
- Q72.5Longitudinal reduction defect of tibia
- Q72.6Longitudinal reduction defect of fibula
- Q72.7Split foot
- Q72.8Other reduction defects of lower limb
- Q72.9Unspecified reduction defect of lower limb