ICD-10-CM · Chapter 17 · Q00–Q99
Q18.8
Other specified congenital malformations of face and neck
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
Quick facts
- Code
- Q18.8
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 17 — Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
- Category
- Q18 — Other congenital malformations of face and neck
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM Q18.8 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 face and neck. 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 Q18
- Q18Other congenital malformations of face and neck
- Q18.0Sinus, fistula and cyst of branchial cleft
- Q18.1Preauricular sinus and cyst
- Q18.2Other branchial cleft malformations
- Q18.3Webbing of neck
- Q18.4Macrostomia
- Q18.5Microstomia
- Q18.6Macrocheilia
- Q18.7Microcheilia
- Q18.9Congenital malformation of face and neck, unspecified
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