Q60.6 vs Q61
Q60.6 (Potter's syndrome) compared with Q61 (Cystic kidney disease), from the official CMS tabular data. Do not report these codes together: the official tabular list marks them Excludes1.
Can these codes be reported together?
No — do not report together. Q61 carries an Excludes1 note covering Q60.6: “Potter's syndrome (Q60.6)”
Sole exception: when the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).
Side by side
| Q60.6Potter's syndrome | Q61Cystic kidney disease | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing status | Billable | Non-billable header |
| Classification | Q00-Q99 — Congenital Malformations, Deformations and Chromosomal Abnormalities (Q00-Q99) | Q00-Q99 — Congenital Malformations, Deformations and Chromosomal Abnormalities (Q00-Q99) |
| Definition | Potter's syndrome is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Q60.6). | Cystic kidney disease is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (Q61). |
| Includes | congenital absence of kidney congenital atrophy of kidney infantile atrophy of kidney | — |
Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources