Q76.1

Q76.1: Klippel-Feil syndrome

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q76.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for klippel-feil syndrome. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Q76.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

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

Cervical fusion syndrome

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q76.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Q76: Congenital malformations of spine and bony thorax

congenital musculoskeletal deformities of spine and chest (Q67.5-Q67.8)

Other codes that can never be billed with Q76.1

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

M43Other deforming dorsopathies

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

Q76.1 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies: 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A53057Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy
A53058Billing and Coding: Home Health Physical Therapy
A53064Billing and Coding: Outpatient Occupational Therapy
A53065Billing and Coding: Outpatient Physical Therapy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Feil-Klippel syndrome(brevicollis)
Klippel-Feil deficiency, disease, or syndrome(brevicollis)
Anomaly, anomalous›Klippel-Feil(brevicollis)
Cervical›fusion syndrome
Deformity›Klippel-Feil(brevicollis)
Disease, diseased›Klippel-Feil(brevicollis)
Syndrome›Feil-Klippel(brevicollis)
Syndrome›Klippel-Feil(brevicollis)
Syndrome›cervical›fusion

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.