Q26
Q26 — Congenital malformations of great veins
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Q26 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for congenital malformations of great veins. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
Q26 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead Q26
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- Q26.0Congenital stenosis of vena cava
- Q26.1Persistent left superior vena cava
- Q26.2Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection
- Q26.3Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection
- Q26.4Anomalous pulmonary venous connection, unspecified
- Q26.5Anomalous portal venous connection
- Q26.6Portal vein-hepatic artery fistula
- Q26.8Other congenital malformations of great veins
- Q26.9Congenital malformation of great vein, unspecified
Questions about Q26
- Is Q26 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Q26 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Q26 sit in the tabular list?
- Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-QA0), in the block Congenital malformations of the circulatory system (Q20-Q28).