Q67.8 — Other congenital deformities of chest
Is Q67.8 billable?
Yes — Q67.8 is billable for FY2027. Q67.8 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. Q67.8 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
Q67.8 at a glance
| Code | Q67.8 |
|---|---|
| Description | Other congenital deformities of chest |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does Q67.8 group to?
Q67.8 sits in MDC 08 and helps define the logic of 3 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 564Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Diagnoses with MCCmedical
- 565Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Diagnoses with CCmedical
- 566Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Diagnoses without CC/MCCmedical
As a secondary diagnosis, Q67.8 is a complication or comorbidity (CC), which can move a stay into a higher-paying DRG.
How is Q67.8 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to Q67.8. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Anomaly, anomalous › chest wall (congenital) (unspecified type)
- Anomaly, anomalous › thorax (congenital) (unspecified type)
- Distortion › chest (s) (congenital)
- Distortion › thorax (s) (congenital)
- Flat › chest, congenital
- Deformity › chest › congenital
- Deformity › thorax › congenital
Inclusion terms
Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to Q67.8.
- Congenital deformity of chest wall NOS
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from Q67
The conditions below can never be reported together with Q67.8 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 Q67.8, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, Q67.8 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- inborn errors of metabolism (E70-E88)
How long has Q67.8 existed?
Q67.8 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 Q67.8?
ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with Q67.8 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.