Q75.9
Q75.9: Congenital malformation of skull and face bones, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Q75.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for congenital malformation of skull and face bones, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Q75.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Congenital anomaly of face bones NOS
- Congenital anomaly of skull NOS
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q75.9
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 Q75.9
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
Q75.9 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Anomaly, anomalous›skull
- Anomaly, anomalous›bone›face
- Anomaly, anomalous›bone›skull
- Anomaly, anomalous›face›bone(s)
- Malformation›bone›face
- Malformation›bone›skull
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.