Q72
Header — not billableReduction defects of lower limb
The ICD-10 code for reduction defects of lower limb is Q72.
Q72 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 10 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under Q72
- Q72.0Congenital complete absence of lower limbnon-billable header
- Q72.1Congenital absence of thigh and lower leg with foot presentnon-billable header
- Q72.2Congenital absence of both lower leg and footnon-billable header
- Q72.3Congenital absence of foot and toe(s)non-billable header
- Q72.4Longitudinal reduction defect of femurnon-billable header
- Q72.5Longitudinal reduction defect of tibianon-billable header
- Q72.6Longitudinal reduction defect of fibulanon-billable header
- Q72.7Split footnon-billable header
- Q72.8Other reduction defects of lower limbnon-billable header
- Q72.9Unspecified reduction defect of lower limbnon-billable header
Related codes in this category
- Q65Congenital deformities of hipnon-billable header
- Q66Congenital deformities of feetnon-billable header
- Q67Congenital musculoskeletal deformities of head, face, spine and chestnon-billable header
- Q68Other congenital musculoskeletal deformitiesnon-billable header
- Q69Polydactylynon-billable header
- Q70Syndactylynon-billable header
- Q71Reduction defects of upper limbnon-billable header
- Q73Reduction defects of unspecified limbnon-billable header
- Q74Other congenital malformations of limb(s)non-billable header
- Q75Other congenital malformations of skull and face bonesnon-billable header
- Q76Congenital malformations of spine and bony thoraxnon-billable header
- Q77Osteochondrodysplasia with defects of growth of tubular bones and spinenon-billable header
- Q78Other osteochondrodysplasiasnon-billable header
- Q79Congenital malformations of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- Q72Reduction defects of lower limbnon-billable header