Q79.2
Q79.2: Exomphalos
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Q79.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for exomphalos. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Q79.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- umbilical hernia (K42.-)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Omphalocele
Other codes that can never be billed with Q79.2
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- K42Umbilical hernia
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Exomphalos
- Omphalocele
- Sarcoepiplomphalocele
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under Q79
- Q79.0Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
- Q79.1Other congenital malformations of diaphragm
- Q79.3Gastroschisis
- Q79.4Prune belly syndrome
- Q79.5Other congenital malformations of abdominal wall
- Q79.6Ehlers-Danlos syndromes
- Q79.8Other congenital malformations of musculoskeletal system
- Q79.9Congenital malformation of musculoskeletal system, unspecified