Other specified congenital malformations of skull and face bones
Billable / specificPOA exempt
Q75.8 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
- Absence of skull bone, congenital
- Congenital deformity of forehead
- Platybasia
Includes (from Q75)
- Note: Codes from this chapter are not for use on maternal records
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
- congenital malformation of face NOS (Q18.-) (from Q75)
- congenital malformation syndromes classified to Q87.- (from Q75)
- dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion] (M26.-) (from Q75)
- musculoskeletal deformities of head and face (Q67.0-Q67.4) (from Q75)
- skull defects associated with congenital anomalies of brain such as: (from Q75)
- anencephaly (Q00.0) (from Q75)
- encephalocele (Q01.-) (from Q75)
- hydrocephalus (Q03.-) (from Q75)
- microcephaly (Q02) (from Q75)
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
Also known as
- Absence of skull bone, congenital
- Congenital deformity of forehead
- Platybasia
- Absence, skull bone
- Accessory, face bone
- Accessory, frontonasal process
- Agenesis, face, bones NEC
- Agenesis, roof of orbit
- Agenesis, skull
- Anomaly, anomalous, forehead
- Bird, face
- Caput, crepitus
- Craniofenestria
- Craniolacunia
- Cranioschisis
- Crepitus, caput
- Deformity, forehead, congenital
- Deformity, frontal bone, congenital
Parent code
- Q75Other congenital malformations of skull and face bonesHeader