Q85.83: Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
Q85.83 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for von hippel-lindau syndrome. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Q85.83 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberCode also
Both codes may be needed to describe the encounter fully. Sequencing depends on the reason for the visit.
- manifestations
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q85.83
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Risk adjustment
Q85.83 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 23 Prostate, Breast, and Other Cancers and Tumors0.186 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.
Medicare coverage
Q85.83 is named in 14 Medicare coverage policies: 14 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52370Billing and Coding: Bevacizumab and biosimilars
- A53060Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography
- A56394Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy and Sigmoidoscopy-Diagnostic
- A56456Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Hippel's disease
- Lindau disease(-von Hippel)
- Von Hippel disease or syndrome(-Lindau)
- Syndrome›von Hippel-Lindau
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.