Q98.3
Q98.3 — Other male with 46, XX karyotype
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Q98.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other male with 46, xx karyotype. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
Q98.3 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.
How Q98.3 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 Q98.3.
- Karyotype›46,XX
- Karyotype›46,XX›male
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Q98. If Q98.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Q98.0Klinefelter syndrome karyotype 47, XXY
- Q98.1Klinefelter syndrome, male with more than two X chromosomes
- Q98.4Klinefelter syndrome, unspecified
- Q98.5Karyotype 47, XYY
- Q98.6Male with structurally abnormal sex chromosome
- Q98.7Male with sex chromosome mosaicism
- Q98.8Other specified sex chromosome abnormalities, male phenotype
- Q98.9Sex chromosome abnormality, male phenotype, unspecified
Questions about Q98.3
- Is Q98.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Q98.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Q98.3 sit in the tabular list?
- Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-QA0), in the block Chromosomal abnormalities, not elsewhere classified (Q90-Q99).