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Q14.3 ICD-10-CM Code: Congenital malformation of choroid

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Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Coding at a Glance

Tabular directives
8 Excludes2

Billable · FY2027A valid, specific ICD-10-CM code, reportable for dates of service in FY2027.

What you need to know

Source: CMS/NCHS Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes, quoted. From the CMS/NCHS tabular list for the release in force. A note the category or block publishes applies to this code too, and is marked with where it comes from.

Excludes2Not included here; may be reported together
  • optic nerve hypoplasia (H47.03-) (from Q14)
  • cleft lip and cleft palate (Q35-Q37) (from Q10-Q18)
  • congenital malformation of cervical spine (Q05.0, Q05.5, Q67.5, Q76.0-Q76.4) (from Q10-Q18)
  • congenital malformation of larynx (Q31.-) (from Q10-Q18)

+4 more in Instructions

Where it sits Source: CMS/NCHS

Under:Chapter 17: Congenital Malformations, Deformations and Chromosomal Abnormalities (Q00-QA1) (Q00-QA1)Q10-Q18 Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neckQ14 Congenital malformations of posterior segment of eye

Most relevant related codes MedCoder-derived

Read off the official notes above and this code’s own position in the tabular list. Which to report is a documentation question; Compare shows the two side by side.

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Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v44, Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 124 — OTHER DISORDERS OF THE EYE WITH MCC OR THROMBOLYTIC AGENT (MDC 02)
  • MS-DRG 125 — OTHER DISORDERS OF THE EYE WITHOUT MCC (MDC 02)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for Q14.3 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Source: CMS/CDC — ICD-10-CM Tabular ListRelease: FY2027Effective: October 1, 2026

Trace:FY2027 changesChange historyRelease, file and checksum

Notes without a marker are published on Q14.3 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

Coder workflow for Q14.3

MedCoder structured workflow — derived from this code’s own official record

Documentation check

The provider’s diagnostic statement
Codes are assigned from the provider’s documented diagnosis, not from clinical criteria, test values or a medication list (Guidelines I.A.19).

Official instructions as workflow

  • Excludes2 — not part of Q14.3(8 notes)

    Coding workflow: The conditions named in this note are not included in Q14.3. When the record documents both, both may be reported; the note is a boundary, not a prohibition.

    CompareH47.03, Q05.0, Q05.5, Q67.5, Q31, Q38.0

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.12.b

Every row is derived from this code’s own record — its title, tabular notes, 7th-character family and same-category siblings — with fixed MedCoder wording; nothing is inferred about a patient. The official notes and guideline text are in the sections each row links to, and they control.

Don’t confuse Q14.3 with…

MedCoder analysis — pairs from this code’s official notes, distinctions written by MedCoder

The codes most likely to be picked instead of Q14.3 — named in its own official notes, or sharing its laterality or encounter family — with what separates them and which documentation moves the case. Each links to the full comparison.

  • Q14.9— Specificity relationship (Review)

    Overlapping diagnoses in the same category.

    Overlapping codes in the same category — the documentation decides which is the more specific fit.

    What moves you there: A record that documents no more than “Congenital malformation of posterior segment of eye, unspecified” takes Q14.9; specificity in the record moves it back here.

    Full comparison: Q14.3 vs Q14.9 →

  • H47.03— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

    Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

    A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

    What moves you there: Documentation of optic nerve hypoplasia adds H47.03; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

    Full comparison: Q14.3 vs H47.03 →

  • Q35— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

    Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

    A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

    What moves you there: Documentation of cleft lip and cleft palate adds Q35; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

    Full comparison: Q14.3 vs Q35 →

  • Q37— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

    Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

    A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

    What moves you there: Documentation of cleft lip and cleft palate adds Q37; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

    Full comparison: Q14.3 vs Q37 →

  • Q05.0— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

    Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

    A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

    What moves you there: Documentation of congenital malformation of cervical spine adds Q05.0; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

    Full comparison: Q14.3 vs Q05.0 →

  • Q05.5— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

    Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

    A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

    What moves you there: Documentation of congenital malformation of cervical spine adds Q05.5; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

    Full comparison: Q14.3 vs Q05.5 →

Relationships are read from this code's own official notes, its laterality siblings and its encounter family; the wording of each distinction is MedCoder editorial, and the documentation named in each “what moves you there” line is the official note phrase or sibling title itself. Source: CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes; ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a.

Coding context

Guidelines, coding notes, decision aids, relationships (with MS-DRG and CCSR classification), hierarchy, HCC, coverage and the context map: what a coder reaches for after the core. Each section names whether it is official source data, a MedCoder-derived relationship or MedCoder editorial.

Code Overview

Congenital malformation of choroid is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Q14.3).

MedCoder summary Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

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  • No Medicare Code Editor or MS-DRG Definitions Manual restrictions apply to this code.

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Relationships & Classification

MedCoder-derived relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2027)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

FY2027 MS-DRG: not on the CMS CC/MCC list — as a secondary diagnosis this code does not change MS-DRG severity for that release.

Named in the grouper logic of 2 MS-DRGs: DRG 124 (MDC 02), DRG 125 (MDC 02).

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and C). Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):MAL005 — Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face, neck (default).

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Related Codes

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical category (Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face, neck).

Q13.2 — Other congenital malformations of iris, Q13.3 — Congenital corneal opacity, Q13.4 — Other congenital corneal malformations, Q13.5 — Blue sclera, Q13.81 — Rieger anomaly, Q13.89 — Other congenital malformations of anterior segment of eye, Q13.9 — Congenital malformation of anterior segment of eye, unspecified, Q14.0 — Congenital malformation of vitreous humor, Q14.1 — Congenital malformation of retina, Q14.2 — Congenital malformation of optic disc, Q14.8 — Other congenital malformations of posterior segment of eye, Q14.9 — Congenital malformation of posterior segment of eye, unspecified, Q15.0 — Congenital glaucoma, Q15.8 — Other specified congenital malformations of eye, Q15.9 — Congenital malformation of eye, unspecified, Q16.0 — Congenital absence of (ear) auricle, Q16.1 — Congenital absence, atresia and stricture of auditory canal (external), Q16.2 — Absence of eustachian tube, Q16.3 — Congenital malformation of ear ossicles, Q16.4 — Other congenital malformations of middle ear, +41 more

Same Index main term, other category

The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries files this code under the main terms “Anomaly, anomalous”, “Deformity”, “Malformation”, …; these codes share that main term but sit in a different category of the Tabular List.

Q10.3 — Other congenital malformations of eyelid (eye, lid), Q10.6 — Other congenital malformations of lacrimal apparatus (lacrimal apparatus), Q10.7 — Congenital malformation of orbit (orbit), Q12.9 — Congenital lens malformation, unspecified (lens), Q13.2 — Other congenital malformations of iris (pupil), Q13.4 — Other congenital corneal malformations (cornea), Q13.5 — Blue sclera (closure, sclera), Q13.81 — Rieger anomaly (Rieger), Q13.89 — Other congenital malformations of anterior segment of eye (eye, anterior segment, specified NEC), Q13.9 — Congenital malformation of anterior segment of eye, unspecified (eye, anterior segment), Q15.0 — Congenital glaucoma (Axenfeld's), Q15.8 — Other specified congenital malformations of eye (globe), Q15.9 — Congenital malformation of eye, unspecified (eye), Q16.0 — Congenital absence of (ear) auricle (ear, external, causing impairment of hearing, absence of, auricle), Q16.1 — Congenital absence, atresia and stricture of auditory canal (external) (osseous meatus), Q16.2 — Absence of eustachian tube (ear, middle, absence of eustachian tube), Q16.3 — Congenital malformation of ear ossicles (ear, ossicles), Q16.4 — Other congenital malformations of middle ear (middle ear), Q16.5 — Congenital malformation of inner ear (cochlea), Q16.9 — Congenital malformation of ear causing impairment of hearing, unspecified (ear, causing impairment of hearing), +454 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of Q14.3 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Hierarchy

Clinical classification (CCSR)

MS-DRG Grouper

MDC crossing

  • MDC 02 — Diseases and Disorders of the Eye[MDC crossing]: “Diseases and Disorders of the Eye — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs. 1,200 same-MDC procedures group here; browse them on the MDC page.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2027

Index entries

  • Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type), choroid[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Crescent or conus choroid, congenital[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Deformity, choroid (congenital)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Disorder (of), pigmentation, choroid, congenital[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Imperfect, closure (congenital), choroid[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Malformation (congenital), choroid (congenital)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027

Nearest codes

Change history

  • FY2016 — In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger) · icd10cm-fy2016

Reference

Index terms and tables, published questions and FAQ, every source behind this page with its release and checksum, the date-of-service check and the complete change history.

Indexed Clinical Terms (6)

Official source data — entries quoted as published, in the Index’s own lookup phrasing

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code. These are alphabetic-index entries shown as the Index writes them — lookup phrasing, not necessarily the wording of a final diagnosis.

Sources for this page

Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.

Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data
CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2027 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2026 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Claim edits Official source data
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v44.0 (October 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Inpatient payment groups Official source data
CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (incl. Appendix B diagnosis index, Appendix C CC/MCC list, Appendix E procedure index) and IPPS Final Rule tables — v44 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder-derived relationship
Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder editorial explanation
Written by MedCoder to explain the sources above: drafted with AI assistance, checked by a person against the release files, and labelled as MedCoder text where it appears. Not official text.

Current data releases:ICD-10-CM FY2027 · ICD-10-PCS FY2027 · HCPCS October 2026 · MS-DRG v44 · Medicare Code Editor v44.0 · NCCI PTP Q4 2026 · MUE Q4 2026 · NCD code lists 2026-01 · LCD export September 28, 2026 · All releases and sources

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MedCoder.ai. "Q14.3 — Congenital malformation of choroid." ICD-10-CM FY2027. https://medcoder.ai/icd10/code/q14.3-congenital-malformation-of-choroid

Change history

  • FY2016 — October 1, 2015
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Congenital malformation of choroid

No changes since FY2016 — additions, deletions, description changes and billable-status changes are tracked through FY2027, and none are recorded for this code. Note changes are tracked from FY2027 only.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to Q14.3 in its code family, with their registry titles.

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