Q79.3
Q79.3 — Gastroschisis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Q79.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for gastroschisis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
Q79.3 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How Q79.3 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Q79.3.
- Gastroschisis(congenital)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Q79. If Q79.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Q79.0Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
- Q79.1Other congenital malformations of diaphragm
- Q79.2Exomphalos
- 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
Questions about Q79.3
- Is Q79.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Q79.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Q79.3 sit in the tabular list?
- Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-QA0), in the block Congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system (Q65-Q79).