Q76.7
Q76.7 — Congenital malformation of sternum
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Q76.7 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for congenital malformation of sternum. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Congenital absence of sternum
- Sternum bifidum
Risk adjustment
Q76.7 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How Q76.7 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Q76.7.
- Sternum bifidum
- Absence›sternum, congenital
- Accessory›sternum
- Agenesis›sternum
- Anomaly, anomalous›sternum NEC
- Distortion›sternum NEC
- Hypoplasia, hypoplastic›sternum
- Retraction›sternum(congenital)
- Deformity›sternum›congenital NEC
- Malposition›congenital›sternum NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Q76. If Q76.7 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Q76.0Spina bifida occulta
- Q76.1Klippel-Feil syndrome
- Q76.2Congenital spondylolisthesis
- Q76.3Congenital scoliosis due to congenital bony malformation
- Q76.4Other congenital malformations of spine, not associated with scoliosis
- Q76.5Cervical rib
- Q76.6Other congenital malformations of ribs
- Q76.8Other congenital malformations of bony thorax
- Q76.9Congenital malformation of bony thorax, unspecified
Questions about Q76.7
- Is Q76.7 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Q76.7 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Q76.7 sit in the tabular list?
- Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-QA0), in the block Congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system (Q65-Q79).