Q72.3
Q72.3 — Congenital absence of foot and toe(s)
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Q72.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for congenital absence of foot and toe(s). It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with Q72.3
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at Q72.3. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading Q72.3 alone.
- M20Acquired deformities of fingers and toes
Risk adjustment
Q72.3 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 Q72.3
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Q72. If Q72.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Q72.0Congenital complete absence of lower limb
- Q72.1Congenital absence of thigh and lower leg with foot present
- Q72.2Congenital absence of both lower leg and foot
- 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
Questions about Q72.3
- Is Q72.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Q72.3 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Q72.3 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).