Q75
Header — not billableOther congenital malformations of skull and face bones
The ICD-10 code for other congenital malformations of skull and face bones is Q75.
Q75 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 8 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- congenital malformation of face NOS (Q18.-)
- congenital malformation syndromes classified to Q87.-
- dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion] (M26.-)
- musculoskeletal deformities of head and face (Q67.0-Q67.4)
- skull defects associated with congenital anomalies of brain such as:
- anencephaly (Q00.0)
- encephalocele (Q01.-)
- hydrocephalus (Q03.-)
- microcephaly (Q02)
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.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under Q75
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
- Q72Reduction defects of lower limbnon-billable header
- Q73Reduction defects of unspecified limbnon-billable header
- Q74Other congenital malformations of limb(s)non-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
- Q75Other congenital malformations of skull and face bonesnon-billable header