Diagnosis Code

Q03.9 CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS, UNSPECIFIED


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: Q03.9

Short Description: Congenital hydrocephalus, unspecified

Long Description: Congenital hydrocephalus, unspecified

The code Q03.9 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
    • Congenital malformations of the nervous system (Q00-Q07)
      • Congenital hydrocephalus (Q03)
        • Q03.9 Congenital hydrocephalus, unspecified

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Abnormal blue sclerae
  • Agenesis of cerebellum
  • Aqueduct of Sylvius anomaly
  • Arrested hydrocephalus
  • Beemer Ertbruggen syndrome
  • Central obesity
  • Cerebellum agenesis with hydrocephaly
  • Cerebral degeneration due to congenital hydrocephalus
  • Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea
  • Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea due to hydrocephalus
  • Congenital anomaly of sclera
  • Congenital deformity of lumbosacral region
  • Congenital elevation of scapula
  • Congenital endocardial fibroelastosis
  • Congenital hydrocephalus
  • Congenital hydrocephalus, low insertion of umbilicus syndrome
  • Congenital hypoplasia of cerebrum
  • Congenital kyphosis
  • Congenital kyphosis of thoracic spine
  • Congenital malformation of the meninges
  • Congenital obstructive hydrocephalus
  • Congenital stenosis of aqueduct of Sylvius
  • Cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak
  • Craniosynostosis with Dandy-Walker malformation and hydrocephalus syndrome
  • Dandy-Walker syndrome
  • Endocardial fibroelastosis
  • External hydrocephalus
  • Game Friedman Paradice syndrome
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Hydrocephalus associated with congenital aqueduct stenosis
  • Hydrocephalus with endocardial fibroelastosis and cataract syndrome
  • Hydrocephalus with obesity and hypogonadism syndrome
  • Hydrocephalus, blue sclera, nephropathy syndrome
  • Hydrocephalus, costovertebral dysplasia, Sprengel anomaly syndrome
  • Hydrocephalus, tall stature, joint laxity syndrome
  • Hypoplasia of corpus callosum
  • Internal hydrocephalus
  • Kyphosis of thoracic spine
  • L1 syndrome
  • Leak of cranial cerebrospinal fluid due to hydrocephalus
  • Macroencephaly
  • Mega cisterna magna
  • Megalencephaly, polymicrogyria, postaxial polydactyly, hydrocephalus syndrome
  • Obstructive hydrocephalus
  • Port-wine nevi, mega cisterna magna, hydrocephalus syndrome
  • Port-wine stain of skin
  • Thoracic dysplasia and hydrocephalus syndrome
  • VACTERL syndrome with hydrocephalus
  • X-linked hydrocephalus syndrome

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
Q03.9 Right Arrow 742.3 Congenital hydrocephalus

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
Q03 Congenital hydrocephalus
Q03.0 Malformations of aqueduct of Sylvius
Q03.1 Atresia of foramina of Magendie and Luschka
Q03.8 Other congenital hydrocephalus


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