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Q75.03

Q75.03: Metopic craniosynostosis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q75.03 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for metopic craniosynostosis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Trigonocephaly

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q75.03

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 Q75.03

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.

Medicare coverage

Q75.03 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Trigonocephaly
  • Craniosynostosis›metopic

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Q75.0

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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