ICD-10-CM · Chapter 17 · Q00–Q99
Q04.8
Other specified congenital malformations of brain
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
Quick facts
- Code
- Q04.8
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 17 — Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
- Category
- Q04 — Other congenital malformations of brain
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM Q04.8 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of other specified congenital malformations of brain. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in Q04
- Q04Other congenital malformations of brain
- Q04.0Congenital malformations of corpus callosum
- Q04.1Arhinencephaly
- Q04.2Holoprosencephaly
- Q04.3Other reduction deformities of brain
- Q04.4Septo-optic dysplasia of brain
- Q04.5Megalencephaly
- Q04.6Congenital cerebral cysts
- Q04.9Congenital malformation of brain, unspecified
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