Diagnosis Code

Q68.8 OTHER SPECIFIED CONGENITAL MUSCULOSKELETAL DEFORMITIES


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: Q68.8

Short Description: Other specified congenital musculoskeletal deformities

Long Description: Other specified congenital musculoskeletal deformities

The code Q68.8 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
    • Congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system (Q65-Q79)
      • Other congenital musculoskeletal deformities (Q68)
        • Q68.8 Other specified congenital musculoskeletal deformities

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Alopecia, contracture, dwarfism, intellectual disability syndrome
  • Bilateral congenital dislocation of hip
  • Bilateral congenital shoulder dislocation
  • Chondrodysplasia with joint dislocations gPAPP type
  • Congenital abnormal shape of clavicle
  • Congenital abnormal shape of clavicle
  • Congenital abnormal shape of clavicle
  • Congenital abnormal shape of clavicle
  • Congenital abnormal shape of ulna
  • Congenital articular rigidity with myopathy
  • Congenital bent clavicle
  • Congenital bent ulna
  • Congenital cubitus valgus
  • Congenital cubitus valgus
  • Congenital deformity of bone of forearm
  • Congenital deformity of clavicle
  • Congenital deformity of left clavicle
  • Congenital deformity of right clavicle
  • Congenital deformity of shoulder
  • Congenital deformity of shoulder
  • Congenital deformity of shoulder
  • Congenital deformity of shoulder
  • Congenital dislocation of bilateral elbows
  • Congenital dislocation of elbow
  • Congenital dislocation of elbow
  • Congenital dislocation of head of left radius
  • Congenital dislocation of joint
  • Congenital dislocation of left hip
  • Congenital dislocation of radial head
  • Congenital dislocation of radial head
  • Congenital dislocation of right hip
  • Congenital dislocation of shoulder
  • Congenital generalized flexion contractures of lower limb joints
  • Congenital thickening of clavicle
  • Deformity of ulna
  • Elbow joint deformity
  • Elbow joint deformity
  • GEMSS syndrome
  • Hip pathological dislocation
  • Incomplete ossification of clavicle
  • Lack of ossification of clavicle
  • Lentiglobus
  • Microphakia
  • Microspherophakia
  • Mild spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia with premature onset arthrosis
  • Pathological dislocation of left hip
  • Radioulnar synostosis and dislocation of radial head
  • Spherophakia
  • Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia with congenital joint dislocations
  • Steel syndrome
  • X-linked intellectual disability and epilepsy with progressive joint contracture and facial dysmorphism syndrome
  • X-linked intellectual disability with cubitus valgus and dysmorphism syndrome

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code Q68.8 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Other Musculoskeletal System And Connective Tissue Diagnoses With Mcc (564)
  • Other Musculoskeletal System And Connective Tissue Diagnoses With Cc (565)
  • Other Musculoskeletal System And Connective Tissue Diagnoses Without Cc/mcc (566)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code Q68.8 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Congenital deformity of clavicle
    • Congenital deformity of elbow
    • Congenital deformity of forearm
    • Congenital deformity of scapula
    • Congenital deformity of wrist
    • Congenital dislocation of elbow
    • Congenital dislocation of shoulder
    • Congenital dislocation of wrist

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
Q68.8 Right Arrow 755.51 Cong deformity-clavicle
755.52 Cong elevation-scapula
756.9 Musculoskel anom NEC/NOS

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
Q68 Other congenital musculoskeletal deformities
Q68.0 Congenital deformity of sternocleidomastoid muscle
Q68.1 Congenital deformity of finger(s) and hand
Q68.2 Congenital deformity of knee
Q68.3 Congenital bowing of femur
Q68.4 Congenital bowing of tibia and fibula
Q68.5 Congenital bowing of long bones of leg, unspecified
Q68.6 Discoid meniscus


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