Q79.8

Q79.8: Other congenital malformations of musculoskeletal system

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q79.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other congenital malformations of musculoskeletal system. 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.

Absence of muscle
Absence of tendon
Accessory muscle
Amyotrophia congenita
Congenital constricting bands
Congenital shortening of tendon
Poland syndrome

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Q79.8

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

Acromicria, acromikria
Amyoplasia congenita
Myelo-osteo-musculodysplasia hereditaria
Poland syndrome
Thoracogastroschisis(congenital)
Touraine's syndrome
Absence›muscle(congenital) (pectoral)
Absence›tendon(congenital)
Accessory›bone NEC
Accessory›muscle
Accessory›tendon
Agenesis›muscle

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Q79