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Category · FY2027

Q68 Other congenital musculoskeletal deformities

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Q68 is not billable. The category heads 8 billable codes in FY2027: the 8 codes directly below it.

Index → code

  • Arthrogryposis (congenital) → Q68.8
  • Spade-like hand (congenital) → Q68.1
  • Cubituscongenital → Q68.8

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 17 Congenital malformations, deformations, chromosomal abnormalities, and genetic disorders (Q00-QA1)
  2. Q65-Q79 Congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system (Q65-Q79)
  3. Q68 Other congenital musculoskeletal deformities
Billable codes
8
Subdivisions
8
CC / MCC codes
1 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
70

Codes in Q68

  1. Q68.0
    Congenital deformity of sternocleidomastoid muscle
    BillableExempt
    Inclusion terms 3

    Inclusion terms

    • Congenital contracture of sternocleidomastoid (muscle)
    • Congenital (sternomastoid) torticollis
    • Sternomastoid tumor (congenital)
  2. Q68.1
    Congenital deformity of finger(s) and hand
    BillableCCExempt
    Inclusion terms 2

    Inclusion terms

    • Congenital clubfinger
    • Spade-like hand (congenital)
  3. Q68.2
    Congenital deformity of knee
    BillableExempt
    Inclusion terms 2

    Inclusion terms

    • Congenital dislocation of knee
    • Congenital genu recurvatum
  4. Q68.3
    Congenital bowing of femur
    BillableExempt
    Excludes1 1

    Excludes1

    • anteversion of femur (neck) (Q65.89) Q65.89
  5. Q68.4
    Congenital bowing of tibia and fibula
    BillableExempt
  6. Q68.5
    Congenital bowing of long bones of leg, unspecified
    BillableExempt
  7. Q68.6
    Discoid meniscus
    BillableExempt
  8. Q68.8
    Other specified congenital musculoskeletal deformities
    BillableExempt
    Inclusion terms 8

    Inclusion terms

    • Congenital deformity of clavicle
    • Congenital deformity of elbow
    • Congenital deformity of forearm
    • Congenital deformity of scapula
    • Congenital deformity of wrist
    • Congenital dislocation of elbow
    • Congenital dislocation of shoulder
    • Congenital dislocation of wrist

CC/MCC: as a secondary diagnosis, unless the principal diagnosis is on the code’s PDX exclusion list (MS-DRG v44 Appendix C; list on the code card).

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At Q68

Excludes1

  • reduction defects of limb(s) (Q71-Q73) Q71 Q73

Excludes2

  • congenital myotonic chondrodystrophy (G71.13) G71.13

Notes that also apply

Chapter 17 instructions (Notes 1, Excludes2 1): printed on the chapter 17 page.

Index entries

  • Spade-like hand (congenital) → Q68.1
  • Arthrogryposis (congenital) → Q68.8
  • Contraction(s), contracture, contractedsternocleidomastoid (muscle), congenital → Q68.0
  • Deformitysternocleidomastoid (muscle), congenital → Q68.0
  • Torticollis (intermittent) (spastic)congenital (sternomastoid) → Q68.0
  • Tumorsternomastoid (congenital) → Q68.0
  • Clawhand (acquired)congenital → Q68.1
  • Clubfingercongenital → Q68.1
  • Distortion(s) (congenital)finger(s) → Q68.1
  • Distortion(s) (congenital)hand bone(s) → Q68.1
  • Main en griffe (acquired)congenital → Q68.1
  • Bowingleg(s), long bones, congenital → Q68.5
  • Bowleg(s) (acquired)congenital → Q68.5
  • Discoidmeniscus (congenital) → Q68.6
  • Cubituscongenital → Q68.8
  • Dislocation (articular)congenital NEC → Q68.8
  • Distortion(s) (congenital)arm NEC → Q68.8
  • Distortion(s) (congenital)femur NEC → Q68.8
  • Distortion(s) (congenital)fibula NEC → Q68.8
  • Distortion(s) (congenital)humerus NEC → Q68.8
  • Distortion(s) (congenital)leg NEC → Q68.8
  • Distortion(s) (congenital)radius NEC → Q68.8
  • Distortion(s) (congenital)tibia NEC → Q68.8
  • Distortion(s) (congenital)ulna NEC → Q68.8
  • Distortion(s) (congenital)wrist (bones) (joint) → Q68.8
  • Rigid, rigidityarticular, multiple, congenital → Q68.8
  • Syndromeos trigonum → Q68.8
  • Contraction(s), contracture, contractedfinger NECcongenital → Q68.1
  • Deformityfinger (acquired)congenital → Q68.1
  • Deformityhand (acquired)congenital → Q68.1
  • Deformitythumb (acquired)congenital NEC → Q68.1
  • Malpositioncongenitalfinger(s) → Q68.1
  • Malpositioncongenitalhand → Q68.1
  • Overridingfinger (acquired)congenital → Q68.1
  • Deformityknee (acquired) NECcongenital → Q68.2
  • Dislocation (articular)kneecongenital → Q68.2
  • Genurecurvatum (acquired)congenital → Q68.2
  • Bowingfemurcongenital → Q68.3
  • Bowingfibulacongenital → Q68.4
  • Bowingtibiacongenital → Q68.4

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