- Q38.5 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM Q38.5 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Q38.5 – other international versions of ICD-10 Q38.5 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Q38.5 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s):
- 393 Other digestive system diagnoses with mcc
- 394 Other digestive system diagnoses with cc
- 395 Other digestive system diagnoses without cc/mcc
Applicable To
- Congenital absence of uvula
- Congenital malformation of palate NOS
- Congenital high arched palate
Type 1 Excludes
- cleft palate (Q35.-)
- cleft palate with cleft lip (Q37.-)
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): No change
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to Q38.5:
- uvula, congenital > Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial)
- uvula > Agenesis
- palate NEC (hard) (soft) > Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) Q89.9
- uvula > Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) Q89.9
- palate (congenital) > Deformity Q89.9
- uvula (congenital) > Deformity Q89.9
- palate, congenital > Flaccid
- palate, congenital > arch Q66.7-
- palate, congenital > High
- palate > Malformation (congenital)
- palate, congenital > Short, shortening, shortness
- uvula, congenital > Short, shortening, shortness