Q87.19 — Other congenital malformation syndromes predominantly associated with short stature
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.
Inclusion 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
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q87.19
These are not written on Q87.19, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing Q87.19 with anything listed here is a denial.
Other codes that can never be billed with Q87.19
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at Q87.19. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading Q87.19 alone.
- E23.3Hypothalamic dysfunction, not elsewhere classified
- E34.3Short stature due to endocrine disorder
- E79Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
- Q67Congenital musculoskeletal deformities of head, face, spine and chest
- Q75Other congenital malformations of skull and face bones
- Q96Turner's syndrome
- Q81.0Epidermolysis bullosa simplex
- Q89.7Multiple congenital malformations, not elsewhere classified
Risk adjustment
Q87.19 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.
Medicare coverage
Q87.19 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies — 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A53060Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography
- A56726Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Posterior Segment Imaging (Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography)
How Q87.19 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 Q87.19.
- 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
Q87.19 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 Q87.1. If Q87.19 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Q87.19
- Is Q87.19 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Q87.19 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Q87.19 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 Q87.19?
- Q87.19 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 Q87.19 (Q87.1) and apply to it just the same.