Q75.00
Q75.00: Craniosynostosis, unspecified
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Q75.00 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for craniosynostosis, unspecified. 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.
- Craniosynostosis NOS
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q75.00
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 Q75.00
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- Q18Other congenital malformations of face and neck
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 Q75.00
3 child codes. Green means billable.