Diagnosis Code

Q18.8 OTHER SPECIFIED CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS OF FACE AND NECK


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: Q18.8

Short Description: Other specified congenital malformations of face and neck

Long Description: Other specified congenital malformations of face and neck

The code Q18.8 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 face and neck (Q18)
        • Q18.8 Other specified congenital malformations of face and neck

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Absent eyebrow
  • Agenesis of hyoid bone
  • Alport syndrome, intellectual disability, midface hypoplasia, elliptocytosis syndrome
  • Brachyfacial
  • Branchial dysplasia, intellectual disability, inguinal hernia syndrome
  • Branchiooculofacial syndrome
  • Cognitive impairment, coarse facies, heart defects, obesity, pulmonary involvement, short stature, skeletal dysplasia syndrome
  • Congenital abnormal shape of hyoid bone
  • Congenital absence of chin
  • Congenital absence of hyoid bone
  • Congenital anomaly of hyoid bone
  • Congenital anomaly of hyoid bone
  • Congenital anomaly of hyoid bone
  • Congenital anomaly of hyoid bone
  • Congenital bent hyoid bone
  • Congenital contracture of limbs and face, hypotonia, developmental delay syndrome
  • Congenital infiltrating lipomatosis of face
  • Congenital malformation of the eyebrow
  • Congenital malformation of the eyebrow
  • Congenital nephritis
  • Developmental malformation of branchial arch
  • DNMT3A-related overgrowth syndrome
  • Double eyebrow
  • Duplication of eyebrow and syndactyly syndrome
  • Dyssegmental dysplasia Silverman Handmaker type
  • Fistula colli congenita
  • Hemifacial hyperplasia
  • Hemifacial hyperplasia
  • Hemifacial hyperplasia strabismus syndrome
  • Hemifacial myohyperplasia
  • Hereditary elliptocytosis
  • Hypertelorism
  • Hypertelorism with microtia and facial clefting syndrome
  • Jugular lymphatic obstruction sequence
  • KBG syndrome
  • Microphthalmos due to branchio-oculo-facial syndrome
  • Microtia
  • Synophrys
  • Wiedemann Steiner syndrome

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code Q18.8 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 Q18.8 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Medial cyst of face and neck
    • Medial fistula of face and neck
    • Medial sinus of face and neck

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
Q18.8 Right Arrow 744.89 Cong face/neck anom 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
Q18 Other congenital malformations of face and neck
Q18.0 Sinus, fistula and cyst of branchial cleft
Q18.1 Preauricular sinus and cyst
Q18.2 Other branchial cleft malformations
Q18.3 Webbing of neck
Q18.4 Macrostomia
Q18.5 Microstomia
Q18.6 Macrocheilia
Q18.7 Microcheilia
Q18.9 Congenital malformation of face and neck, unspecified


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