Q16

The ICD-10-CM code for congenital malform of ear causing impairment of hearing is Q16. The full clinical description is "Congenital malformations of ear causing impairment of hearing". Q16 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code Q16 represents “Congenital malformations of ear causing impairment of hearing”. It is classified under Chapter 17: Congenital Malformations, Deformations and Chromosomal Abnormalities and is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, Q16 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 7 child codes under Q16.

Q16 is in Chapter 17: Congenital Malformations, Deformations and Chromosomal Abnormalities (codes Q00-Q99).

Q16 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: congenital deafness (H90.-).

Q16 has 7 child codes, including: Q16.0 (Congenital absence of (ear) auricle), Q16.1 (Congenital absence, atresia and stricture of auditory canal), Q16.2 (Absence of eustachian tube), Q16.3 (Congenital malformation of ear ossicles), and 3 more.

Q16 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0266592. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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Q16 maps to the ICD-11 code: LA22.Z (Structural developmental anomalies of ear causing hearing impairment, unspecified).