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Q72.50

Longitudinal reduction defect of unspecified tibia

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 Longitudinal reduction defect of tibia, unspecified side
  2. FY2011 Draft description revised draft Longitudinal reduction defect of tibia, unspecified side Longitudinal reduction defect of unspecified tibia

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.

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Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
Q72.51 Longitudinal reduction defect of right tibia Valid
Q72.52 Longitudinal reduction defect of left tibia Valid
Q72.53 Longitudinal reduction defect of tibia, bilateral Valid