Q78.2
Q78.2: Osteopetrosis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Q78.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for osteopetrosis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Q78.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Albers-Schönberg syndrome
- Osteosclerosis NOS
Other codes that can never be billed with Q78.2
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Q78.2 is named in 8 Medicare coverage policies: 8 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function
- A56798Billing and Coding: Vitamin D Assay Testing
- A56841Billing and Coding: Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed
- A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Albers-Schönberg syndrome
- Ivory bones
- Osteopetrosis(familial)
- Osteosclerosis
- Disease, diseased›Albers-Schönberg(marble bones)
- Marble›bones
- Osteosclerosis›fragilitas(generalisata)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.