ICD-10-CM › Q00-QA1 › Q65-Q79 › Q76 Congenital malformations of spine... › Q76.8
Other congenital malformations of bony thorax
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 Other congenital malformations of bony thorax
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 Q76 Congenital malformations of spine and bony thorax
Excludes1 - never coded here
- congenital musculoskeletal deformities of spine and chest (Q67.5-Q67.8)
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.
- Asymmetry
- Dilated, dilation
- Elongated, elongation
- Disease, diseased > diverticular
- Annular > organ or site, congenital NEC
- Sacculation > organ or site, congenital
- Tortuous > organ or site, congenital NEC
- Curvature > organ or site, congenital NEC
- Dilatation > organ or site, congenital NEC
- Diverticulum, diverticula > organ or site, congenital NEC
- Short, shortening, shortness > organ or site, congenital NEC
- Irregular, irregularity > shape, organ or site, congenital NEC
- Distortion > chest > bones
- Distortion > thorax > bony
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q76.0 | Spina bifida occulta | Valid |
| Q76.1 | Klippel-Feil syndrome | Valid |
| Q76.2 | Congenital spondylolisthesis | Valid |
| Q76.3 | Congenital scoliosis due to congenital bony malformation | Valid |
| Q76.4 | Other congenital malformations of spine, not associated with scoliosis | Not billable |
| Q76.5 | Cervical rib | Valid |
| Q76.6 | Other congenital malformations of ribs | Valid |
| Q76.7 | Congenital malformation of sternum | Valid |
| Q76.9 | Congenital malformation of bony thorax, unspecified | Valid |