Q72.4
Q72.4 — Longitudinal reduction defect of femur
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Q72.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for longitudinal reduction defect of femur. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Proximal femoral focal deficiency
Risk adjustment
Q72.4 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 Q72.4
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Q72. If Q72.4 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
- Q72.3Congenital absence of foot and toe(s)
- 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 Q72.4
- Is Q72.4 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Q72.4 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Q72.4 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).