Q87.19
Q87.19: Other congenital malformation syndromes predominantly associated with short stature
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Q87.19 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other congenital malformation syndromes predominantly associated with short stature. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Q87.19 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Aarskog syndrome
- Cockayne syndrome
- De Lange syndrome
- Dubowitz syndrome
- Noonan syndrome
- Robinow-Silverman-Smith syndrome
- Russell-Silver syndrome
- Seckel syndrome
Other codes that can never be billed with Q87.19
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- E23.3Hypothalamic dysfunction, not elsewhere classified
- E34.3Short stature due to endocrine disorder
- Q67Congenital musculoskeletal deformities of head, face, spine and chest
- Q75Other congenital malformations of skull and face bones
- Q81.0Epidermolysis bullosa simplex
- Q89.7Multiple congenital malformations, not elsewhere classified
- Q96Turner's syndrome
- E79Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Q87.19 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A53060Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography
- A56726Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Posterior Segment Imaging (Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography)
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Aarskog's syndrome
- Amsterdam dwarfism
- Bonnevie-Ullrich syndrome
- Bruck-de Lange disease
- Cockayne's syndrome
- Cornelia de Lange syndrome
- De Lange's syndrome
- Dubowitz' syndrome
- Noonan's syndrome
- Prader-Willi-like syndrome
- Robinow-Silverman-Smith syndrome
- Russell-Silver syndrome
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.