Q75.0

Q75.0: Craniosynostosis

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Q75.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for craniosynostosis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q75.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Q75: Other congenital malformations of skull and face bones

congenital malformation of face NOS (Q18.-)
congenital malformation syndromes classified to Q87.-
dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion] (M26.-)
musculoskeletal deformities of head and face (Q67.0-Q67.4)
skull defects associated with congenital anomalies of brain such as:
anencephaly (Q00.0)
encephalocele (Q01.-)
hydrocephalus (Q03.-)
microcephaly (Q02)

Other codes that can never be billed with Q75.0

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

Q67.2Dolichocephaly
Q67.3Plagiocephaly
Q18Other congenital malformations of face and neck
Q75.058Other multi-suture craniosynostosis

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 Q75.0

7 child codes. Green means billable.