Q61 — Cystic kidney disease
Is Q61 billable?
No — Q61 is a non-billable header code. Q61 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 11 billable codes beneath Q61.
Billable codes under this header
- Q61.2Polycystic kidney, adult type
- Q61.3Polycystic kidney, unspecified
- Q61.4Renal dysplasia
- Q61.5Medullary cystic kidney
- Q61.8Other cystic kidney diseases
- Q61.9Cystic kidney disease, unspecified
- Q61.00Congenital renal cyst, unspecified
- Q61.01Congenital single renal cyst
- Q61.02Congenital multiple renal cysts
- Q61.11Cystic dilatation of collecting ducts
- Q61.19Other polycystic kidney, infantile type
Q61 at a glance
| Code | Q61 |
|---|---|
| Description | Cystic kidney disease |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Excludes1 — never code together
The conditions below can never be reported together with Q61 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 17
The conditions below are not part of Q61, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, Q61 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- inborn errors of metabolism (E70-E88)
What codes fall under Q61? (8)
How long has Q61 existed?
Q61 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
Which codes are confused with Q61?
ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with Q61 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.