Q72.81

The ICD-10-CM code for congenital shortening of lower limb is Q72.81. The full clinical description is "Congenital shortening of lower limb". Q72.81 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code Q72.81 represents “Congenital shortening of lower limb”. 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, Q72.81 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 4 child codes under Q72.81.

Q72.81 is in Chapter 17: Congenital Malformations, Deformations and Chromosomal Abnormalities (codes Q00-Q99).

Q72.81 has 4 child codes, including: Q72.811 (Congenital shortening of right lower limb), Q72.812 (Congenital shortening of left lower limb), Q72.813 (Congenital shortening of lower limb, bilateral), Q72.819 (Congenital shortening of unspecified lower limb).

Q72.81 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C2977509. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like congenital shortening of lower limb affect a person's functioning — body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.

There is no direct ICD-11 mapping available for Q72.81 in the WHO crosswalk tables. This may mean the concept is classified differently in ICD-11. Use the ICD-10 to ICD-11 converter to search for related codes.