Other specified congenital malformations of ear
Billable / specificPOA exempt
Q17.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Congenital absence of lobe of ear
Includes (from Q17)
- Note: Codes from this chapter are not for use on maternal records
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- inborn errors of metabolism (E70-E88) (from Q17)
- cleft lip and cleft palate (Q35-Q37) (from Q17)
- congenital malformation of cervical spine (Q05.0, Q05.5, Q67.5, Q76.0-Q76.4) (from Q17)
- congenital malformation of larynx (Q31.-) (from Q17)
- congenital malformation of lip NEC (Q38.0) (from Q17)
- congenital malformation of nose (Q30.-) (from Q17)
- congenital malformation of parathyroid gland (Q89.2) (from Q17)
- congenital malformation of thyroid gland (Q89.2) (from Q17)
Also known as
- Congenital absence of lobe of ear
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities, course, eustachian tube
- Absence, ear, congenital, lobe, lobule
- Agenesis, ear, lobe
- Anomaly, anomalous, auditory canal
- Anomaly, anomalous, auricle, ear
- Anomaly, anomalous, eustachian tube
- Atresia, atretic, eustachian tube
- Darwin's tubercle
- Deformity, eustachian tubeNEC
- Dilatation, eustachian tube, congenital
- Distortion, eustachian tube
- Double, auditory canal
- Fissure, fissured, ear, lobule, congenital
- Hypoplasia, hypoplastic, auditory canal
- Hypoplasia, hypoplastic, eustachian tube
Parent code
- Q17Other congenital malformations of earHeader