Is Q79.6 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. Q79.6 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does Q79.6 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).

Q79.6

Q79.6 — Ehlers-Danlos syndromes

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Q79.6 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for ehlers-danlos syndromes. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Other codes that can never be billed with Q79.6

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at Q79.6. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading Q79.6 alone.

Q82.8Other specified congenital malformations of skin

Risk adjustment

Q79.6 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 Q79.6 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 Q79.6.

Syndrome›Meekeren-Ehlers-Danlos

Code to one of these instead Q79.6

5 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Q79. If Q79.6 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Q79.6

Is Q79.6 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. Q79.6 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does Q79.6 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).