Ehlers-Danlos syndromes

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 FY2019, and a category header from FY2020.

Submit one of these 5 more specific codes instead:

Q79.60 Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, unspecified
Q79.61 Classical Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Q79.62 Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Q79.63 Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Q79.69 Other Ehlers-Danlos syndromes

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 Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
FY2020 Description revised ~~Ehlers-Danlos syndrome~~ Ehlers-Danlos syndromes
FY2020 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 Q79 Congenital malformations of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified

Excludes2 - not included here

congenital (sternomastoid) torticollis (Q68.0)

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.

Syndrome > Meekeren-Ehlers-Danlos

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Q79.0	Congenital diaphragmatic hernia	Valid
Q79.1	Other congenital malformations of diaphragm	Valid
Q79.2	Exomphalos	Valid
Q79.3	Gastroschisis	Valid
Q79.4	Prune belly syndrome	Valid
Q79.5	Other congenital malformations of abdominal wall	Not billable
Q79.8	Other congenital malformations of musculoskeletal system	Valid
Q79.9	Congenital malformation of musculoskeletal system, unspecified	Valid