Diagnosis Code

Q06.8 OTHER SPECIFIED CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS OF SPINAL CORD


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: Q06.8

Short Description: Other specified congenital malformations of spinal cord

Long Description: Other specified congenital malformations of spinal cord

The code Q06.8 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
    • Congenital malformations of the nervous system (Q00-Q07)
      • Other congenital malformations of spinal cord (Q06)
        • Q06.8 Other specified congenital malformations of spinal cord

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Abnormality of canalization and retrogressive differentiation
  • Caudal regression syndrome
  • Dorsal dermal sinus
  • Dysraphism of cervical spine
  • Dysraphism, cleft lip and palate, limb reduction defect syndrome
  • Enterogenous cyst
  • Hemimyelia
  • Holoprosencephaly with caudal dysgenesis syndrome
  • Lipoma due to neurospinal dysraphism
  • Lipoma of spinal cord
  • Lumbosacral agenesis
  • Myeloschisis
  • Neurenteric cyst
  • Occult spinal dysraphism sequence
  • Primary tethered cord syndrome
  • Sacral agenesis
  • Sacral agenesis
  • Sacral agenesis, abnormal ossification of vertebral bodies, persistent notochordal canal syndrome
  • Sacral dysgenesis
  • Structural developmental anomalies of neurenteric canal

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
Q06.8 Right Arrow 742.59 Spinal cord anomaly NEC

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
Q06 Other congenital malformations of spinal cord
Q06.0 Amyelia
Q06.1 Hypoplasia and dysplasia of spinal cord
Q06.2 Diastematomyelia
Q06.3 Other congenital cauda equina malformations
Q06.4 Hydromyelia
Q06.9 Congenital malformation of spinal cord, unspecified


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