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ICD-10-CM Code Q25.6
Stenosis of pulmonary artery

BILLABLE
Billable Code
Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.
POA Exempt
POA Exempt Code
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires medical coders to indicate whether or not a condition was present at the time of admission, in order to properly assign MS-DRG codes. This "Present On Admission" (POA) indicator is recorded on CMS form 4010A.
| ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016

Q25.6 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of stenosis of pulmonary artery. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.

POA Indicators on CMS form 4010A are as follows:

IndicatorMeaningCMS Will Pay CC/MCC DRG Costs
YDiagnosis was present at time of inpatient admissionYes
NDiagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admissionNo
UDocumentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.No
WClinically undetermined. Provider unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.Yes
1Exempt from POA reportingNo


The ICD code Q256 is used to code Stenosis of pulmonary artery

Stenosis of the pulmonary artery is a condition where the pulmonary artery is subject to an abnormal constriction (or stenosis). Peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis may occur as an isolated event or in association with Alagille syndrome, Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy type 1, Costello syndrome, Keutel syndrome, nasodigitoacoustic syndrome (Keipert syndrome), Noonan syndrome or Williams syndrome.

Specialty: Medical Genetics
ICD 9 Code: 747.3

Stenosis of the right pulmonary artery in a patient which was due to a case of congenital rubella.

Source: Wikipedia

Coding Notes for Q25.6 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

Inclusion Terms:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion Terms are a list of concepts for which a specific code is used. The list of Inclusion Terms is useful for determining the correct code in some cases, but the list is not necessarily exhaustive.
Supravalvular pulmonary stenosis

MS-DRG Mapping

  • DRG Group #306-307 - Cardiac congenital and valvular disorders with MCC.
  • DRG Group #306-307 - Cardiac congenital and valvular disorders without MCC.

Related Concepts SNOMET-CT

  • Prune belly syndrome with pulmonic stenosis, mental retardation and deafness (disorder)
  • Congenital peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis (disorder)
  • Congenital subpulmonary stenosis due to restrictive ventricular defect associated with functionally univentricular heart (disorder)
  • Congenital stenosis of right pulmonary artery (disorder)

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'Q25.6 - Stenosis of pulmonary artery'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code Q25.6. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.

Equivalent ICD-9 Code GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)

Other anomalies of pulmonary artery and pulmonary circulation (approximate match)

This is the official approximate match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that while there is no exact mapping between this ICD10 code Q25.6 and a single ICD9 code, 747.39 is an approximate match for comparison and conversion purposes.


Parent Code: Q25 - Congenital malformations of great arteries

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Source: http://icd.codes/icd10cm/Q256