Ventricular septal defect

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 Ventricular septal defect

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 Q21 Congenital malformations of cardiac septa

Excludes1 - never coded here

acquired cardiac septal defect (I51.0)

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
Extra
Fused
Patent
Trifid
Triple
Window
Aplasia
Missing
Aberrant
Patulous
Abnormity
Asymmetry
Dysplasia
Additional
Amputation
Lobulation
Nonclosure
Nondescent
Fold, folds
Rudimentary
Undescended
Malformation
Triplication
Transposition
Birth > defect
Maldevelopment
Septum, septate
Union, abnormal
Imperfect > fusion
Vestige, vestigial
Duplication, duplex
Lesion > congenital
Loss > organ or part
Pervious, congenital
Elongated, elongation
Open, opening > false
Termination > anomalous
Heterotopia, heterotopic
Implantation > anomalous

Showing 40 of 128 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Q21.1	Atrial septal defect	Not billable
Q21.2	Atrioventricular septal defect	Not billable
Q21.3	Tetralogy of Fallot	Valid
Q21.4	Aortopulmonary septal defect	Valid
Q21.8	Other congenital malformations of cardiac septa	Valid
Q21.9	Congenital malformation of cardiac septum, unspecified	Valid