ICD-10-CM code · FY2027
Q17.5 Prominent ear
BillableValid for claims as a specific diagnosis code
About Q17.5
- Code
- Q17.5
- Billable
- Yes
- Short description
- Prominent ear
- Category
- Q17 Other congenital malformations of ear
- Block
- Q10-Q18 Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck
- Chapter
- 17 Congenital malformations, deformations, chromosomal abnormalities, and genetic disorders
- Code set
- FY2027, October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027
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Coding notes for Q17.5
Applicable to Other names for conditions reported with this code.
- Bat ear
Also applies, from Q17 Other congenital malformations of ear
Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).
Block Q10-Q18 notes (apply to every code in it)
Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.
- cleft lip and cleft palate (Q35-Q37)
- congenital malformation of cervical spine (Q05.0, Q05.5, Q67.5, Q76.0-Q76.4)
- congenital malformation of larynx (Q31.-)
- congenital malformation of lip NEC (Q38.0)
- congenital malformation of nose (Q30.-)
- congenital malformation of parathyroid gland (Q89.2)
- congenital malformation of thyroid gland (Q89.2)
Related codes in Q17
- Q17.0 Accessory auricleBillable
- Q17.1 MacrotiaBillable
- Q17.2 MicrotiaBillable
- Q17.3 Other misshapen earBillable
- Q17.4 Misplaced earBillable
- Q17.8 Other specified congenital malformations of earBillable
- Q17.9 Congenital malformation of ear, unspecifiedBillable
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