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Q72.10

Congenital absence of unspecified thigh and lower leg with foot present

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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Congenital absence of thigh and lower leg with foot present, unspecified side
  2. FY2011 Draft description revised draft Congenital absence of thigh and lower leg with foot present, unspecified side Congenital absence of unspecified thigh and lower leg with foot present

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.

Showing 40 of 70 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
Q72.11 Congenital absence of right thigh and lower leg with foot present Valid
Q72.12 Congenital absence of left thigh and lower leg with foot present Valid
Q72.13 Congenital absence of thigh and lower leg with foot present, bilateral Valid