Q76.49
Q76.49: Other congenital malformations of spine, not associated with scoliosis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Q76.49 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other congenital malformations of spine, not associated with scoliosis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Q76.49 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Congenital absence of vertebra NOS
- Congenital fusion of spine NOS
- Congenital malformation of lumbosacral (joint) (region) NOS
- Congenital malformation of spine NOS
- Hemivertebra NOS
- Malformation of spine NOS
- Platyspondylisis NOS
- Supernumerary vertebra NOS
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Q76.49 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 6 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
- Brevicollis
- Half vertebra
- Hemivertebra
- Lumbarization, vertebra, congenital
- Platyspondylisis
- Sacralization
- Absence›coccyx, congenital
- Absence›sacrum, congenital
- Absence›spine, congenital
- Absence›vertebra, congenital
- Accessory›vertebra
- Agenesis›coccyx
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.