Diagnosis Code

Q17.0 ACCESSORY AURICLE


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: Q17.0

Short Description: Accessory auricle

Long Description: Accessory auricle

The code Q17.0 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)
        • Q17.0 Accessory auricle

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Accessory auricle of bilateral ears
  • Accessory auricle of left ear
  • Accessory auricle of right ear
  • Accessory breast
  • Accessory nipple
  • Accessory tragus
  • Accessory tragus
  • Bilateral congenital malformation of ears
  • Bilateral congenital malformation of external ears
  • Choristoma of eye proper
  • Congenital abnormality of nipple
  • Congenital anomaly of lobe of ear
  • Congenital hypoplasia of cerebrum
  • Developmental malformation of branchial arch
  • Epibulbar lipodermoid, preauricular appendage, polythelia syndrome
  • Hypoplasia of corpus callosum
  • Intellectual disability, hypoplastic corpus callosum, preauricular tag syndrome
  • Macrostomia, preauricular tag, external ophthalmoplegia syndrome
  • Mass of preauricular region
  • Mass of preauricular region
  • Polyotia
  • Polyotia
  • Supernumerary ear lobule

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code Q17.0 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 Q17.0 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Accessory tragus
    • Polyotia
    • Preauricular appendage or tag
    • Supernumerary ear
    • Supernumerary lobule

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
Q17.0 Right Arrow 744.1 Accessory auricle

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
Q17.1 Macrotia
Q17.2 Microtia
Q17.3 Other misshapen ear
Q17.4 Misplaced ear
Q17.5 Prominent ear
Q17.8 Other specified congenital malformations of ear
Q17.9 Congenital malformation of ear, unspecified


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