- Q79.8 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 Q79.8 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Q79.8 – other international versions of ICD-10 Q79.8 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Q79.8 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s):
- 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
- Absence of muscle
- Absence of tendon
- Accessory muscle
- Amyotrophia congenita
- Congenital constricting bands
- Congenital shortening of tendon
- Poland 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 Q79.8:
- muscle (congenital) (pectoral) > Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial)
- tendon (congenital) > Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial)
- bone NEC > Accessory (congenital)
- muscle > Accessory (congenital)
- tendon > Accessory (congenital)
- muscle > Agenesis
- musculoskeletal system NEC > Agenesis
- tendon > Agenesis
- congenita > Amyotrophia, amyotrophy, amyotrophic G71.8
- constricting, congenital > Band (s)
- ligament > Contraction, contracture, contracted (s)
- congenital > ligament Q79.8
- congenital > muscle NEC (postinfective) (postural) M62.40
- congenital > muscle M62.00
- muscle > Dysplasia
- bone > Fusion, fused (congenital)
- muscle > Hypoplasia, hypoplastic
- syndrome, congenital muscle hypoplasia > Krabbe\’s
- congenital > tendon
- bone > Supernumerary (congenital)
- muscle > Supernumerary (congenital)
- Krabbe\’s congenital muscle hypoplasia > Syndrome
- Touraine\’s > Syndrome