756.0 ANOMAL SKULL/FACE BONES


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 756.0

Short Description: Anomal skull/face bones

Long Description: Anomalies of skull and face bones

Code Classification:

  • Congenital anomalies (740–759)
    • Congenital anomalies (740-759)
      • 756 Other congenital musculoskeletal anomalies
        • 756.0 Anomal skull/face bones

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 756.0 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities - see also Anomaly
    • shape
      • head (see also Anomaly, skull) 756.0
    • size
      • head (see also Anomaly, skull) 756.0
  • Absence (organ or part) (complete or partial)
    • bone (congenital) NEC 756.9
      • skull 756.0
    • calvarium, calvaria (skull) 756.0
    • face
      • bones NEC 756.0
    • skull bone 756.0
      • with
        • anencephalus 740.0
        • encephalocele 742.0
        • hydrocephalus 742.3
          • with spina bifida (see also Spina bifida) 741.0
        • microcephalus 742.1
  • Accessory (congenital)
    • face bone(s) 756.0
    • frontonasal process 756.0
  • Acrobrachycephaly 756.0
  • Acrocephaly 756.0
  • Agenesis - see also Absence, by site, congenital
    • esophagus 750.3
    • face
      • bones NEC 756.0
    • skull (bone) 756.0
      • with
        • anencephalus 740.0
        • encephalocele 742.0
        • hydrocephalus 742.3
          • with spina bifida (see also Spina bifida) 741.0
        • microcephalus 742.1
  • Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) 759.9
    • bone NEC 756.9
      • cranium 756.0
      • face 756.0
      • frontal 756.0
      • head 756.0
      • skull 756.0
        • with
          • anencephalus 740.0
          • encephalocele 742.0
          • hydrocephalus 742.3
            • with spina bifida (see also Spina bifida) 741.0
          • microcephalus 742.1
    • face (any part) 744.9
      • bone(s) 756.0
    • forehead (see also Anomaly, skull) 756.0
    • frontal bone (see also Anomaly, skull) 756.0
    • head (see also Anomaly, skull) 756.0
    • Pierre Robin 756.0
    • skull (bone) 756.0
      • with
        • anencephalus 740.0
        • encephalocele 742.0
        • hydrocephalus 742.3
          • with spina bifida (see also Spina bifida) 741.0
        • microcephalus 742.1
    • specified type NEC
      • bone(s) 756.9
        • face 756.0
        • skull 756.0
          • with
            • anencephalus 740.0
            • encephalocele 742.0
            • hydrocephalus 742.3
            • with spina bifida (see also Spina bifida) 741.0
            • microcephalus 742.1
      • face 744.89
        • bone(s) 756.0
      • skull (bone(s)) 756.0
        • with
          • anencephalus 740.0
          • encephalocele 742.0
          • hydrocephalus 742.3
            • with spina bifida (see also Spina bifida) 741.0
          • microcephalus 742.1
  • Bird
    • face 756.0
  • Brachycephaly 756.0
  • Bulging fontanels (congenital) 756.0
  • Caput
    • crepitus 756.0
  • Cataract (anterior cortical) (anterior polar) (black) (capsular) (central) (cortical) (hypermature) (immature) (incipient) (mature)� 366.9
    • associated with
      • craniofacial dysostosis 756.0 [366.44]
    • posterior, polar (capsular) 743.31
  • Closure
    • cranial sutures, premature 756.0
    • fontanelle, delayed 756.0
  • Craniofenestria (skull) 756.0
  • Craniolacunia (skull) 756.0
  • Cranioschisis 756.0
  • Craniostenosis 756.0
  • Craniosynostosis 756.0
  • Crepitus
    • caput 756.0
  • Crouzon's disease (craniofacial dysostosis) 756.0
  • Deficiency, deficient
    • craniofacial axis 756.0
  • Deficient - see also Deficiency
    • craniofacial axis 756.0
  • Deformity 738.9
    • cranium (acquired) 738.19
      • congenital (see also Deformity, skull, congenital) 756.0
    • forehead (acquired) 738.19
      • congenital (see also Deformity, skull, congenital) 756.0
    • frontal bone (acquired) 738.19
      • congenital (see also Deformity, skull, congenital) 756.0
    • head (acquired) 738.10
      • congenital (see also Deformity, skull, congenital) 756.0
    • Pierre Robin (congenital) 756.0
    • skull (acquired) 738.19
      • congenital 756.0
        • with
          • anencephalus 740.0
          • encephalocele 742.0
          • hydrocephalus 742.3
            • with spina bifida (see also Spina bifida) 741.0
          • microcephalus 742.1
        • due to intrauterine malposition and pressure 754.0
  • Delay, delayed
    • closure - see also Fistula
      • cranial suture 756.0
      • fontanel 756.0
  • Diastasis
    • cranial bones 733.99
      • congenital 756.0
  • Dilatation
    • fontanel 756.0
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Crouzon's (craniofacial dysostosis) 756.0
    • Friedreich's
      • facial hemihypertrophy 756.0
  • Distortion (congenital)
    • face bone(s) 756.0
    • skull bone(s) 756.0
      • with
        • anencephalus 740.0
        • encephalocele 742.0
        • hydrocephalus 742.3
          • with spina bifida (see also Spina bifida) 741.0
        • microcephalus 742.1
  • Duplication - see also Accessory
    • frontonasal process 756.0
  • Dysostosis
    • craniofacial 756.0
    • mandibularis 756.0
    • mandibulofacial, incomplete 756.0
  • Dysplasia - see also Anomaly
    • oculoauriculovertebral 756.0
  • Ecchordosis physaliphora 756.0
  • Franceschetti's syndrome (mandibulofacial dysostosis) 756.0
  • Fusion, fused (congenital)
    • cranial sutures, premature 756.0
    • skull, imperfect 756.0
  • Goldenhar's syndrome (oculoauriculovertebral dysplasia) 756.0
  • Greig's syndrome (hypertelorism) 756.0
  • Hallermann-Streiff syndrome 756.0
  • Hemihypertrophy (congenital) 759.89
    • cranial 756.0
  • Hydralazine lupus or syndrome
  • Hyperostosis 733.99
    • skull 733.3
      • congenital 756.0
  • Hypertelorism 756.0
    • orbit, orbital 376.41
  • Hypoplasia, hypoplasis 759.89
    • bone NEC 756.9
      • face 756.0
      • malar 756.0
      • skull (see also Hypoplasia, skull) 756.0
    • face 744.89
      • bone(s) 756.0
    • skull (bone) 756.0
      • with
        • anencephalus 740.0
        • encephalocele 742.0
        • hydrocephalus 742.3
          • with spina bifida (see also Spina bifida) 741.0
        • microcephalus 742.1
  • Idiot, idiocy (congenital) 318.2
    • oxycephalic 756.0
  • Imperfect
    • closure (congenital)
      • skull 756.0
        • with
          • anencephalus 740.0
          • encephalocele 742.0
          • hydrocephalus 742.3
            • with spina bifida (see also Spina bifida) 741.0
          • microcephalus 742.1
  • Impression, basilar 756.0
  • Invagination
    • basilar 756.0
  • Lacunar skull 756.0
  • Macrocephalia, macrocephaly 756.0
  • Maldevelopment - see also Anomaly, by site
    • mastoid process 756.0
  • Megalocephalus, megalocephaly NEC 756.0
  • Nager-de Reynier syndrome (dysostosis mandibularis) 756.0
  • Oculoauriculovertebral dysplasia 756.0
  • Ossification
    • fontanel
      • defective or delayed 756.0
      • premature 756.0
  • Oxycephaly, oxycephalic 756.0
    • syphilitic, congenital 090.0
  • Paratyphoid (fever) - see Fever, paratyphoid
  • Pierre Robin deformity or syndrome (congenital) 756.0
  • Platybasia 756.0
  • Premature - see also condition
    • closure
      • cranial suture 756.0
      • fontanel 756.0
  • Robin's syndrome 756.0
  • Scaphocephaly 756.0
  • Stenocephaly 756.0
  • Sunken
    • fontanels 756.0
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • eyelid-malar-mandible 756.0
    • first arch 756.0
    • Franceschetti's (mandibulofacial dysostosis) 756.0
    • Goldenhar's (oculoauriculovertebral dysplasia) 756.0
    • Greig's (hypertelorism) 756.0
    • Hallermann-Strieff 756.0
    • incomplete
      • mandibulofacial 756.0
    • mandibulofacial dysostosis 756.0
    • micrognathia-glossoptosis 756.0
    • Nager-de Reynier (dysostosis mandibularis) 756.0
    • OAV (oculoauriculovertebral dysplasia) 756.0
    • Pierre Robin 756.0
    • Robin's 756.0
    • Treacher Collins' (incomplete mandibulofacial dysostosis) 756.0
  • Tower skull 756.0
    • with exophthalmos 756.0
  • Treacher Collins' syndrome (incomplete facial dysostosis) 756.0
  • Trigonocephaly 756.0
  • Turricephaly 756.0

Crosswalk Information

The code 756.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
756.0 Right Arrow Q75.0 Craniosynostosis
Q75.2 Hypertelorism
Q75.9 Congenital malformation of skull and face bones, unspecified
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 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-9 Code ICD-9 Description
756.10 Anomaly of spine, unspecified
756.11 Spondylolysis, lumbosacral region
756.12 Spondylolisthesis
756.13 Absence of vertebra, congenital
756.14 Hemivertebra
756.15 Fusion of spine (vertebra), congenital
756.16 Klippel-Feil syndrome
756.17 Spina bifida occulta
756.19 Other anomalies of spine
756.2 Cervical rib
756.3 Other anomalies of ribs and sternum
756.4 Chondrodystrophy
756.50 Congenital osteodystrophy, unspecified
756.51 Osteogenesis imperfecta
756.52 Osteopetrosis
756.53 Osteopoikilosis
756.54 Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia of bone
756.55 Chondroectodermal dysplasia
756.56 Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia
756.59 Other osteodystrophies
756.6 Anomalies of diaphragm
756.70 Anomaly of abdominal wall, unspecified
756.71 Prune belly syndrome
756.72 Omphalocele
756.73 Gastroschisis
756.79 Other congenital anomalies of abdominal wall
756.81 Absence of muscle and tendon
756.82 Accessory muscle
756.83 Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
756.89 Other specified anomalies of muscle, tendon, fascia, and connective tissue
756.9 Other and unspecified anomalies of musculoskeletal system


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