Q78.8

Q78.8: Other specified osteochondrodysplasias

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q78.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified osteochondrodysplasias. 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.

Osteopoikilosis

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Q78.8

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

Written on Q78: Other osteochondrodysplasias

congenital myotonic chondrodystrophy (G71.13)

Other codes that can never be billed with Q78.8

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

M85Other disorders of bone density and structure

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

Q78.8 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

Caffey's syndrome
Leri's pleonosteosis
Osteopathia condensans disseminata
Osteopoikilosis
Stippled epiphyses
Synostosis(congenital)
Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›synchondrosis
Chondrodysplasia›metaphyseal(Jansen's) (McKusick's) (Schmid's)
Dysplasia›craniometaphyseal
Hypoplasia, hypoplastic›cartilage hair
Osteochondrodysplasia›specified NEC
Segmentation, incomplete›bone NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.