ICD-10-CM Code Q21
Congenital malformations of cardiac septa
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code Q21 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the seven child codes of Q21 that describes the diagnosis 'congenital malformations of cardiac septa' in more detail.
- Q21 Congenital malformations of cardiac septa NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE Q21.0 Ventricular septal defect
- BILLABLE Q21.1 Atrial septal defect
- BILLABLE Q21.2 Atrioventricular septal defect
- BILLABLE Q21.3 Tetralogy of Fallot
- BILLABLE Q21.4 Aortopulmonary septal defect
- BILLABLE Q21.8 Other congenital malformations of cardiac septa
- BILLABLE Q21.9 Congenital malformation of cardiac septum, unspecified
Coding Notes for Q21 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Acquired cardiac septal defect - instead, use code I51.0
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'Q21 - Congenital malformations of cardiac septa'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code Q21. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.