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Q05

Spina bifida

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 10 more specific codes instead:

  • Q05.0 Cervical spina bifida with hydrocephalus
  • Q05.1 Thoracic spina bifida with hydrocephalus
  • Q05.2 Lumbar spina bifida with hydrocephalus
  • Q05.3 Sacral spina bifida with hydrocephalus
  • Q05.4 Unspecified spina bifida with hydrocephalus
  • Q05.5 Cervical spina bifida without hydrocephalus
  • Q05.6 Thoracic spina bifida without hydrocephalus
  • Q05.7 Lumbar spina bifida without hydrocephalus
  • Q05.8 Sacral spina bifida without hydrocephalus
  • Q05.9 Spina bifida, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Spina bifida

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.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • Arnold-Chiari syndrome, type II (Q07.0-)
  • spina bifida occulta (Q76.0)

Use additional code

  • code for any associated paraplegia (paraparesis) (G82.2-)

Includes

  • hydromeningocele (spinal)
  • meningocele (spinal)
  • meningomyelocele
  • myelocele
  • myelomeningocele
  • rachischisis
  • spina bifida (aperta)(cystica)
  • syringomyelocele