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Q62.60 ICD-10-CM Code: Malposition of ureter, unspecified

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

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 698 — OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC (MDC 11)
  • MS-DRG 699 — OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH CC (MDC 11)
  • MS-DRG 700 — OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITHOUT CC/MCC (MDC 11)

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.

Coder workflow for Q62.60

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

Before you code Q62.60

  1. Unspecified does not mean incorrect. When the record gives no greater specificity, Q62.60 may be the appropriate code. Check the record for detail that supports a more specific sibling. An unspecified code is for records that do not provide the detail a more specific code needs; a query, not an assumption, is the route to specificity (Guidelines I.A.9.b, I.B.18).

    ReviewQ62.61, Q62.62, Q62.63, Q62.69

    See the relationships section · Guide: Other vs unspecified (NEC vs NOS) →

Choose the right path

  1. Does the record document the detail a more specific sibling code needs?
    Yes → Review the specific siblings in this subcategory.
    No → Continue — Q62.60 is appropriate when the documentation goes no further.

    ReviewQ62.61, Q62.62, Q62.63, Q62.69

Consider Q62.60. Then confirm the code is valid for the date of service in the Verify section.

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).
Any detail beyond this code’s title
What the record states that a more specific sibling code would capture — or its absence, which itself supports the unspecified code.

Coding decision scenarios

Pattern scenarios for this code’s structure — decision rules, not clinical cases

Documentation: The provider documents the condition in the terms of this code’s title and records no further detail.

Coding question: Is a more specific sibling code supportable?

Path: Review the specific siblings in this subcategory and what each requires the record to state.

Reason: A more specific code needs documentation of the distinguishing element; without it the unspecified code is appropriate, and a provider query is the route to specificity (Guidelines I.A.9.b, I.B.18).

ReviewQ62.61, Q62.62, Q62.63, Q62.69

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.

Code Overview

Malposition of ureter, unspecified is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Q62.60).

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

Indexed Clinical Terms (1)

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.

Verify Before Coding

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

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim in Claim Check.

Relationships & Classification

MedCoder structured 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 3 MS-DRGs: DRG 698 (MDC 11), DRG 699 (MDC 11), DRG 700 (MDC 11).

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

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):MAL003 — Genitourinary congenital anomalies (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 (Genitourinary congenital anomalies).

Q62.0 — Congenital hydronephrosis, Q62.10 — Congenital occlusion of ureter, unspecified, Q62.11 — Congenital occlusion of ureteropelvic junction, Q62.12 — Congenital occlusion of ureterovesical orifice, Q62.2 — Congenital megaureter, Q62.31 — Congenital ureterocele, orthotopic, Q62.32 — Cecoureterocele, Q62.39 — Other obstructive defects of renal pelvis and ureter, Q62.4 — Agenesis of ureter, Q62.5 — Duplication of ureter, Q62.61 — Deviation of ureter, Q62.62 — Displacement of ureter, Q62.63 — Anomalous implantation of ureter, Q62.69 — Other malposition of ureter, Q62.7 — Congenital vesico-uretero-renal reflux, Q62.8 — Other congenital malformations of ureter, Q63.0 — Accessory kidney, Q63.1 — Lobulated, fused and horseshoe kidney, Q63.2 — Ectopic kidney, Q63.3 — Hyperplastic and giant kidney, +137 more

Same Index main term, other category

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

Q44.5 — Other congenital malformations of bile ducts (congenital, hepatic duct), Q44.79 — Other congenital malformations of liver (congenital, liver), Q45.3 — Other congenital malformations of pancreas and pancreatic duct (congenital, pancreas), Q45.8 — Other specified congenital malformations of digestive system (congenital, alimentary tract), Q50.39 — Other congenital malformation of ovary (congenital, ovary), Q50.6 — Other congenital malformations of fallopian tube and broad ligament (congenital, fallopian tube), Q51.818 — Other congenital malformations of uterus (congenital, uterus), Q52.79 — Other congenital malformations of vulva (congenital, genitalia, genital organor tract, female, external), Q52.8 — Other specified congenital malformations of female genitalia (congenital, genitalia, genital organor tract, female), Q55.8 — Other specified congenital malformations of male genital organs (congenital, genitalia, genital organor tract, male), Q63.2 — Ectopic kidney (congenital, kidney), Q65.89 — Other specified congenital deformities of hip (congenital, hip), Q66.9 — Congenital deformity of feet, unspecified (congenital, toe), Q68.1 — Congenital deformity of finger(s) and hand (congenital, hand), Q68.8 — Other specified congenital musculoskeletal deformities (congenital, limb), Q69.0 — Accessory finger(s) (congenital, finger, supernumerary), Q69.2 — Accessory toe(s) (congenital, toe, supernumerary), Q74.0 — Other congenital malformations of upper limb(s), including shoulder girdle (congenital, scapula), Q74.1 — Congenital malformation of knee (congenital, patella), Q74.2 — Other congenital malformations of lower limb(s), including pelvic girdle (congenital, symphysis pubis), +63 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of Q62.60 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 11 — Diseases and Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract[MDC crossing]: “Diseases and Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract — 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. 3,578 same-MDC procedures group here; browse them on the MDC page.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2027

Index entries

  • Malposition, congenital, ureter[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027

Nearest codes (20)

Change history

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

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 structured 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 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.

Labels on this page: Official source data · MedCoder structured relationship · MedCoder explanation. How to read the labels · All data sources and release dates

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Reference this page in a research guide, syllabus or article. The release is included because code content changes each year.

MedCoder.ai. "Q62.60 — Malposition of ureter, unspecified." ICD-10-CM FY2027. https://medcoder.ai/icd10/code/q62.60-malposition-of-ureter-unspecified

Change history

  • FY2016 — October 1, 2015
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Malposition of ureter, unspecified

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 Q62.60 in its code family, with their registry titles.

View all codes in the Q62 family