Q76.42

Q76.42: Congenital lordosis

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Q76.42 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for congenital lordosis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q76.42

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)

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 Q76.42

5 child codes. Green means billable.

Q76.425Congenital lordosis, thoracolumbar region
Q76.426Congenital lordosis, lumbar region
Q76.427Congenital lordosis, lumbosacral region
Q76.428Congenital lordosis, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
Q76.429Congenital lordosis, unspecified region

Other codes under Q76.4

Q76.41Congenital kyphosis
Q76.49Other congenital malformations of spine, not associated with scoliosis