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.

Check Q79.3 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Q79.3

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

Written on Q79: Congenital malformations of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified

congenital (sternomastoid) torticollis (Q68.0)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Gastroschisis(congenital)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Q79