ICD-10-CM › Q00-QA1 › Q65-Q79 › Q72.81 Congenital shortening of lower limb › Q72.812
Q72.812
Congenital shortening of left lower limb
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2011 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.
- FY2011 Added to the draft code set draft Congenital shortening of left lower limb
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.
- Short, shortening, shortness > leg > congenital
- Short, shortening, shortness > lower limb > congenital
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q72.811 | Congenital shortening of right lower limb | Valid |
| Q72.813 | Congenital shortening of lower limb, bilateral | Valid |
| Q72.819 | Congenital shortening of unspecified lower limb | Valid |