Frontal encephalocele

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Frontal encephalocele

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from Q01 Encephalocele

Excludes1 - never coded here

Meckel-Gruber syndrome (Q61.9)

Includes

Arnold-Chiari syndrome, type III
encephalocystocele
encephalomyelocele
hydroencephalocele
hydromeningocele, cranial
meningocele, cerebral
meningoencephalocele

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Cleft
Patent
Window
Aplasia
Missing
Patulous
Abnormity
Asymmetry
Dysplasia
Amputation
Herniation
Lobulation
Nonclosure
Cephalocele
Fold, folds
Rudimentary
Malformation
Birth > defect
Maldevelopment
Sarcoepiplocele
Septum, septate
Hydrencephalocele
Encephalocystocele
Encephalomyelocele
Hydroencephalocele
Imperfect > fusion
Deformity > cranium
Lesion > congenital
Encephalomeningocele
Loss > organ or part
Meningoencephalocele
Pervious, congenital
Elongated, elongation
Open, opening > false
Meningocele > cerebral
Hydrencephalomeningocele
Implantation > anomalous
Syndrome > Arnold-Chiari
Absence > toe > with foot
Anomaly, anomalous > head

Showing 40 of 136 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Q01.1	Nasofrontal encephalocele	Valid
Q01.2	Occipital encephalocele	Valid
Q01.8	Encephalocele of other sites	Valid
Q01.9	Encephalocele, unspecified	Valid