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Q78.6

Q78.6: Multiple congenital exostoses

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q78.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for multiple congenital exostoses. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

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

  • Diaphyseal aclasis

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Q78.6

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on Q78: Other osteochondrodysplasias

  • congenital myotonic chondrodystrophy (G71.13)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

Q78.6 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A56907Billing and Coding: Bisphosphonate Drug Therapy
  • A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
  • A59561Billing and Coding: Bisphosphonate Drug Therapy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Aclasis, diaphyseal
  • Diaphysial aclasis
  • Exostosis›congenital(multiple)
  • Exostosis›multiple, congenital

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Q78

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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