Is Q85.83 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Q85.83 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Q85.83 sit in the tabular list?

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

What cannot be coded together with Q85.83?

Q85.83 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above Q85.83 (Q85.8, Q85) and apply to it just the same.

Q85.83

Q85.83 — Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q85.83 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for von hippel-lindau syndrome. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Code 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

These are not written on Q85.83, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing Q85.83 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on Q85.8 — Other phakomatoses, not elsewhere classified

Meckel-Gruber syndrome (Q61.9)

Written on Q85 — Phakomatoses, not elsewhere classified

ataxia telangiectasia [Louis-Bar] (G11.3)
familial dysautonomia [Riley-Day] (G90.1)

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.

Medicare coverage

Q85.83 is named in 16 Medicare coverage policies — 16 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

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

How Q85.83 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 Q85.83.

Hippel's disease
Lindau disease(-von Hippel)
Von Hippel disease or syndrome(-Lindau)
Syndrome›von Hippel-Lindau

Code history

Q85.83 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Q85.8. If Q85.83 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Q85.83

Is Q85.83 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Q85.83 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Q85.83 sit in the tabular list?: Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-QA0), in the block Other congenital malformations (Q80-Q89).
What cannot be coded together with Q85.83?: Q85.83 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above Q85.83 (Q85.8, Q85) and apply to it just the same.