ICD-10-CM Code Q66.5
Congenital pes planus
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 Q66.5 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of Q66.5 that describes the diagnosis 'congenital pes planus' in more detail.
- Q66.5 Congenital pes planus NON-BILLABLE
The ICD code Q665 is used to code Flat feet
Flat feet (also called pes planus or fallen arches) is a postural deformity in which the arches of the foot collapse, with the entire sole of the foot coming into complete or near-complete contact with the ground. Some individuals (an estimated 20–30% of the general population) have an arch that simply never develops in one foot (unilaterally) or both feet (bilaterally).
| Specialty: | Orthopedics |
| MeSH Code: | D005413 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 734 |
A flat foot.
Coding Notes for Q66.5 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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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. - Congenital flat foot
- Congenital rigid flat foot
- Congenital spastic (everted) flat foot
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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." - Pes planus, acquired - instead, use code M21.4
Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Congenital pes planus (disorder)
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'Q66.5 - Congenital pes planus'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code Q66.5. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: Q66 - Congenital deformities of feet