Diagnosis Code

Q17.8 OTHER SPECIFIED CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS OF EAR


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: Q17.8

Short Description: Other specified congenital malformations of ear

Long Description: Other specified congenital malformations of ear

The code Q17.8 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
    • Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck (Q10-Q18)
      • Other congenital malformations of ear (Q17)
        • Q17.8 Other specified congenital malformations of ear

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Auricular abnormality, cleft lip, ocular abnormality syndrome
  • Cat ear
  • Congenital abnormal shape of pinna
  • Congenital abnormality of Eustachian tube
  • Congenital absence of ear lobe
  • Congenital absence of external auditory canal
  • Congenital anomaly of internal auditory canal
  • Congenital anomaly of lobe of ear
  • Congenital anomaly of lobe of ear
  • Congenital anomaly of lobe of ear
  • Congenital anomaly of lobe of ear
  • Congenital malposition of pinna
  • Congenital ridge ear
  • Congenital short ear
  • Congenital split ear lobe
  • Congenital split left ear lobe
  • Congenital split right ear lobe
  • Congenital stenosis of eustachian tube
  • Cryptotia
  • Darwin's tubercle
  • Double auditory canal
  • Ear auricle and external auditory canal absent
  • Hypoplasia of auditory canal
  • Intellectual disability, cataract, calcified pinna, myopathy syndrome
  • Mehes syndrome
  • Microtia
  • Misplaced ear
  • Pinnal calcification
  • Simple ear
  • Speech delay
  • Stenosis of eustachian tube
  • Thickened earlobe with conductive deafness syndrome
  • Vascular disorder of inner ear
  • Vascular loops of inner ear
  • Vascular malformation of inner ear
  • X-linked external auditory canal atresia, dilated internal auditory canal, facial dysmorphism syndrome

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code Q17.8 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Other Ear, Nose, Mouth And Throat Diagnoses With Mcc (154)
  • Other Ear, Nose, Mouth And Throat Diagnoses With Cc (155)
  • Other Ear, Nose, Mouth And Throat Diagnoses Without Cc/mcc (156)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code Q17.8 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Congenital absence of lobe of ear

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
Q17.8 Right Arrow 744.21 Cong absence of ear lobe
744.29 Ear anomalies 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
Q17 Other congenital malformations of ear
Q17.0 Accessory auricle
Q17.1 Macrotia
Q17.2 Microtia
Q17.3 Other misshapen ear
Q17.4 Misplaced ear
Q17.5 Prominent ear
Q17.9 Congenital malformation of ear, unspecified


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023