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Q89.01

Q89.01: Asplenia (congenital)

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q89.01 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for asplenia (congenital). It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q89.01

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Q89.0: Congenital absence and malformations of spleen

  • isomerism of atrial appendages (with asplenia or polysplenia) (Q20.6)

Other codes that can never be billed with Q89.01

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

Q89.01 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
  • A56781Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
  • A57306Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Asplenia(congenital)
  • Ivemark's syndrome(asplenia with congenital heart disease)
  • Absence›spleen(congenital)
  • Agenesis›spleen
  • Aplasia›spleen
  • Syndrome›Ivemark's
  • Anomaly, anomalous›spleen›agenesis
  • Syndrome›splenic›agenesis

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Q89.0

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.