ICD-10-CM › Q00-QA1 › Q65-Q79 › Q75 Other congenital malformations of... › Q75.2
Hypertelorism
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 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Hypertelorism
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.
- Hypertelorism
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q75.0 | Craniosynostosis | Not billable |
| Q75.1 | Craniofacial dysostosis | 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 |