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Q79.63

Q79.63: Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q79.63 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for vascular ehlers-danlos syndrome. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Vascular EDS (vEDS)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Q79.63

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.

Medicare coverage

Q79.63 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A59847Billing and Coding: MolDX: Genetic Testing in Heritable Thoracic Aortic Disease
  • A59860Billing and Coding: MolDX: Genetic Testing in Heritable Thoracic Aortic Disease
  • A59868Billing and Coding: MolDX: Genetic Testing in Heritable Thoracic Aortic Disease
  • A59908Billing and Coding: MolDX: Genetic Testing in Heritable Thoracic Aortic Disease

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Syndrome›Ehlers-Danlos›vascular(vascular EDS) (vEDS)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Q79.6

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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