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Q75.0

Craniosynostosis

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

Billable FY2016 to FY2023, and a category header from FY2024.

Submit one of these 7 more specific codes instead:

  • Q75.00 Craniosynostosis, unspecified (also a header)
  • Q75.01 Sagittal craniosynostosis
  • Q75.02 Coronal craniosynostosis (also a header)
  • Q75.03 Metopic craniosynostosis
  • Q75.04 Lambdoid craniosynostosis (also a header)
  • Q75.05 Multi-suture craniosynostosis (also a header)
  • Q75.08 Other single-suture craniosynostosis

Use instead:

  • Q75.001 Craniosynostosis, unspecified type, unilateral stated for FY2023
  • Q75.002 Craniosynostosis, unspecified type, bilateral stated for FY2023
  • Q75.009 Craniosynostosis, unspecified stated for FY2023
  • Q75.021 Coronal craniosynostosis, unilateral stated for FY2023
  • Q75.022 Coronal craniosynostosis, bilateral stated for FY2023
  • Q75.029 Coronal craniosynostosis, unspecified stated for FY2023
  • Q75.041 Lambdoid craniosynostosis, unilateral stated for FY2023
  • Q75.042 Lambdoid craniosynostosis, bilateral stated for FY2023
  • Q75.049 Lambdoid craniosynostosis, unspecified stated for FY2023
  • Q75.051 Cloverleaf skull stated for FY2023
  • Q75.052 Pansynostosis stated for FY2023
  • Q75.058 Other multi-suture craniosynostosis stated for FY2023

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 Craniosynostosis
  2. FY2024 Stopped being billable

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 Q75 Other congenital malformations of skull and face bones

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • congenital malformation of face NOS (Q18.-)
  • congenital malformation syndromes classified to Q87.-
  • dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion] (M26.-)
  • musculoskeletal deformities of head and face (Q67.0-Q67.4)
  • skull defects associated with congenital anomalies of brain such as:
  • anencephaly (Q00.0)
  • encephalocele (Q01.-)
  • hydrocephalus (Q03.-)
  • microcephaly (Q02)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
Q75.1 Craniofacial dysostosis Valid
Q75.2 Hypertelorism Valid
Q75.3 Macrocephaly Valid
Q75.4 Mandibulofacial dysostosis Valid
Q75.5 Oculomandibular dysostosis Valid
Q75.8 Other specified congenital malformations of skull and face bones Valid
Q75.9 Congenital malformation of skull and face bones, unspecified Valid