Q84.1

Q84.1: Congenital morphological disturbances of hair, not elsewhere classified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q84.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for congenital morphological disturbances of hair, not elsewhere classified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Q84.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

Menkes' kinky hair syndrome (E83.09)

Inclusion terms

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

Beaded hair
Monilethrix
Pili annulati

Other codes that can never be billed with Q84.1

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

L67Hair color and hair shaft abnormalities

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Beaded hair(congenital)
Monilethrix(congenital)
Ringed hair(congenital)
Thrix annulata(congenital)
Trichostasis spinulosa(congenital)
Woolly, wooly hair(congenital) (nevus)
Pili›annulati or torti(congenital)
Twist, twisted›hair(congenital)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.