Other congenital malformations of anterior segment of eye

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 2 more specific codes instead:

Q13.81 Rieger anomaly
Q13.89 Other congenital malformations of anterior segment of eye

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other congenital malformations of anterior segment of eye

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 the Q10-Q18 section Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck (Q10-Q18)

Excludes2 - not included here

cleft lip and cleft palate (Q35-Q37)
congenital malformation of cervical spine (Q05.0, Q05.5, Q67.5, Q76.0-Q76.4)
congenital malformation of larynx (Q31.-)
congenital malformation of lip NEC (Q38.0)
congenital malformation of nose (Q30.-)
congenital malformation of parathyroid gland (Q89.2)
congenital malformation of thyroid gland (Q89.2)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Q13.0	Coloboma of iris	Valid
Q13.1	Absence of iris	Valid
Q13.2	Other congenital malformations of iris	Valid
Q13.3	Congenital corneal opacity	Valid
Q13.4	Other congenital corneal malformations	Valid
Q13.5	Blue sclera	Valid
Q13.9	Congenital malformation of anterior segment of eye, unspecified	Valid