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.

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Q79.6

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)

Other codes that can never be billed with Q79.6

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

Q82.8Other specified congenital malformations of skin
Q87.ALoeys-Dietz syndrome

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Syndrome›Meekeren-Ehlers-Danlos

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead Q79.6

5 child codes. Green means billable.

Q79.60Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, unspecified
Q79.61Classical Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Q79.62Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Q79.63Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Q79.69Other Ehlers-Danlos syndromes

Other codes under Q79

Q79.0Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Q79.1Other congenital malformations of diaphragm
Q79.2Exomphalos
Q79.3Gastroschisis
Q79.4Prune belly syndrome
Q79.5Other congenital malformations of abdominal wall
Q79.8Other congenital malformations of musculoskeletal system
Q79.9Congenital malformation of musculoskeletal system, unspecified