Is Q84.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Q84.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Q84.2 sit in the tabular list?

Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-QA0), in the block Other congenital malformations (Q80-Q89).

Q84.2

Q84.2 — Other congenital malformations of hair

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q84.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other congenital malformations of hair. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

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

Congenital hypertrichosis
Congenital malformation of hair NOS
Persistent lanugo

Other codes that can never be billed with Q84.2

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at Q84.2. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading Q84.2 alone.

L68Hypertrichosis

Risk adjustment

Q84.2 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 Q84.2 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 Q84.2.

Anomaly, anomalous›hair
Canities›congenital
Grayness, hair›congenital
Hypertrichosis›congenital
Hypertrichosis›lanuginosa
Hypoplasia, hypoplastic›hair
Malformation›hair
Persistence, persistent›lanugo
Ulerythema›ophryogenes, congenital

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Q84. If Q84.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Q84.2

Is Q84.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Q84.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Q84.2 sit in the tabular list?: Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-QA0), in the block Other congenital malformations (Q80-Q89).