ICD-10-CM code · FY2027
Q17 Other congenital malformations of ear
Header codeNot billable: use one of the 8 billable codes below
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Coding notes for Q17
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)
Codes under Q17 8
- Q17.0 Accessory auricleBillable
- Q17.1 MacrotiaBillable
- Q17.2 MicrotiaBillable
- Q17.3 Other misshapen earBillable
- Q17.4 Misplaced earBillable
- Q17.5 Prominent earBillable
- Q17.8 Other specified congenital malformations of earBillable
- Q17.9 Congenital malformation of ear, unspecifiedBillable
Other categories in Q10-Q18
- Q10 Congenital malformations of eyelid, lacrimal apparatus and orbitHeader
- Q11 Anophthalmos, microphthalmos and macrophthalmosHeader
- Q12 Congenital lens malformationsHeader
- Q13 Congenital malformations of anterior segment of eyeHeader
- Q14 Congenital malformations of posterior segment of eyeHeader
- Q15 Other congenital malformations of eyeHeader
- Q16 Congenital malformations of ear causing impairment of hearingHeader
- Q18 Other congenital malformations of face and neckHeader
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