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Q67

Congenital musculoskeletal deformities of head, face, spine and chest

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 9 more specific codes instead:

  • Q67.0 Congenital facial asymmetry
  • Q67.1 Congenital compression facies
  • Q67.2 Dolichocephaly
  • Q67.3 Plagiocephaly
  • Q67.4 Other congenital deformities of skull, face and jaw
  • Q67.5 Congenital deformity of spine
  • Q67.6 Pectus excavatum
  • Q67.7 Pectus carinatum
  • Q67.8 Other congenital deformities of chest

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 Congenital musculoskeletal deformities of head, face, spine and chest

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

  • congenital malformation syndromes classified to Q87.-
  • Potter's syndrome (Q60.6)