Q78.0

Osteogenesis imperfecta

Billable / specificPOA exempt

Q78.0 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

  • Fragilitas ossium
  • Osteopsathyrosis

Includes (from Q78)

  • Note: Codes from this chapter are not for use on maternal records

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • inborn errors of metabolism (E70-E88) (from Q78)
  • congenital myotonic chondrodystrophy (G71.13) (from Q78)

Also known as

  • Fragilitas ossium
  • Osteopsathyrosis
  • Adair-Dighton syndrome
  • Blue, sclera, with fragility of bone and deafness
  • Brittle, bones disease
  • Deafness, with blue sclera and fragility of bone
  • Deafness, congenital, with blue sclera and fragility of bone
  • Disease, diseased, Eddowes'
  • Disease, diseased, Lobstein's
  • Disease, diseased, Vrolik's
  • Eddowessyndrome
  • Ekman's syndrome
  • Fragile, fragility, bone, congenital
  • Fragilitas, ossium
  • Lobsteindisease or syndrome
  • Osteitis, fragilitans

Parent code

  • Q78Other osteochondrodysplasiasHeader

Related codes

  • Q78.1Polyostotic fibrous dysplasiaBillable
  • Q78.2OsteopetrosisBillable
  • Q78.3Progressive diaphyseal dysplasiaBillable
  • Q78.4EnchondromatosisBillable
  • Q78.5Metaphyseal dysplasiaBillable
  • Q78.6Multiple congenital exostosesBillable
  • Q78.8Other specified osteochondrodysplasiasBillable
  • Q78.9Osteochondrodysplasia, unspecifiedBillable

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