ICD-10-CM › Q00-QA1 › Q65-Q79 › Q75.00 Craniosynostosis, unspecified › Q75.009
Q75.009
Craniosynostosis, unspecified
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 2024 to now.
- FY2024 Added to the code set Craniosynostosis unspecified
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FY2026
Description revised
Craniosynostosis unspecifiedCraniosynostosis, unspecified
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)
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.
- Cleft
- Patent
- Window
- Deficit
- Missing
- Patulous
- Amputation
- Nonclosure
- Avitaminosis
- Hypovitaminosis
- Imperfect > fusion
- Vitamin deficiency
- Leukoencephalopathy
- Loss > organ or part
- Pervious, congenital
- Open, opening > false
- Deprivation > vitamins
- Absence > toe > with foot
- Fenestration, fenestrated
- Absence > congenital > septum
- Deficiency, deficient > factor
- Defect, defective > coagulation
- Deficiency, deficient > clotting
- Disturbance > absorption > vitamin
- Closure > defective or imperfect NEC
- Encephalopathy > in > lack of vitamin
- Nonunion > organ or site, congenital NEC
- Deficiency, deficient > clotting factor NEC
- Open, opening > abnormal, organ or site, congenital
- Deficiency, deficient > coagulation NOS > clotting factor NEC
- Acrocephaly
- Craniostenosis
- Craniosynostosis
- Oxycephaly, oxycephalic
- Imperfect > closure > skull
- Ossification > fontanel, premature
- Closure > cranial sutures, premature
- Deficiency, deficient > craniofacial axis
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q75.001 | Craniosynostosis, unspecified type, unilateral | Valid |
| Q75.002 | Craniosynostosis, unspecified type, bilateral | Valid |