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Q78.9

Q78.9: Osteochondrodysplasia, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q78.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for osteochondrodysplasia, unspecified. 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.

  • Chondrodystrophy NOS
  • Osteodystrophy NOS

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Q78.9

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.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Anosteoplasia
  • Chondrodysplasia
  • Chondrodystrophy, chondrodystrophia(familial) (fetalis) (hypoplastic)
  • Osteochondrodysplasia
  • Osteodystrophy
  • Silfversköld's syndrome
  • Anomaly, anomalous›skeleton generalized
  • Dysostosis›Fairbank's(idiopathic familial generalized osteophytosis)
  • Osteodystrophy›congenital
  • Syndrome›Silfversköld's

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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