- Q78.0 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 Q78.0 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Q78.0 – other international versions of ICD-10 Q78.0 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Q78.0 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s):
- 456 Spinal fusion except cervical with spinal curvature, malignancy, infection or extensive fusions with mcc
- 457 Spinal fusion except cervical with spinal curvature, malignancy, infection or extensive fusions with cc
- 458 Spinal fusion except cervical with spinal curvature, malignancy, infection or extensive fusions without cc/mcc
- 564 Other musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diagnoses with mcc
- 565 Other musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diagnoses with cc
- 566 Other musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diagnoses without cc/mcc
Applicable To
- Fragilitas ossium
- Osteopsathyrosis
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 Q78.0:
- with fragility of bone and deafness > sclera Q13.5
- bones disease > Brittle
- with blue sclera and fragility of bone > Deafness (acquired) (complete) (hereditary) (partial) H91.9-
- with blue sclera and fragility of bone > congenital H90.5
- Eddowes\’ (brittle bones and blue sclera) > Disease, diseased
- Lobstein\’s (brittle bones and blue sclera) > Disease, diseased
- Vrolik\’s (osteogenesis imperfecta) > Disease, diseased
- bone, congenital (with blue sclera) > Fragile, fragility
- ossium (with blue sclerae) (hereditary) > Fragilitas
- fragilitans > Osteitis
- Adair-Dighton > Syndrome
- blue sclera > Syndrome
- Dighton\’s > Syndrome
- Eddowes\’ > Syndrome
- Ekman\’s > Syndrome
- Spurway\’s > Syndrome
- van der Hoeve\’s > Syndrome