- Q26.8 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 Q26.8 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Q26.8 – other international versions of ICD-10 Q26.8 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Q26.8 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s):
- 306 Cardiac congenital and valvular disorders with mcc
- 307 Cardiac congenital and valvular disorders without mcc
Applicable To
- Absence of vena cava (inferior) (superior)
- Azygos continuation of inferior vena cava
- Persistent left posterior cardinal vein
- Scimitar syndrome
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 Q26.8:
- superior vena cava, congenital > Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial)
- great > vein congenital NEC (peripheral) Q27.8
- vena cava, congenital (inferior) (superior) > Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial)
- great NEC > vein (s) (peripheral) Q27.9
- vena cava (inferior) (superior) > Agenesis
- specified NEC > great Q26.9
- venous return > Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) Q89.9
- great > vein NEC Q27.8
- vena cava (inferior) (superior) > Atresia, atretic
- continuation inferior vena cava > Azygos
- great > vein (s) (peripheral) Q27.8
- vena cava (inferior) (superior) > Hypoplasia, hypoplastic
- specified type NEC > vein Q26.9
- great > vein (s) (peripheral) Q27.8
- vena cava (inferior) (superior) > congenital Q89.1
- left > Persistence, persistent (congenital)
- posterior cardinal vein > left Q26.8
- venosus with imperfect incorporation in right auricle > sinus
- scimitar > Syndrome