Q76.49 is the authoritative medical code for Code. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for code (ICD-10-CM Q76.49), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Other congenital malformations of spine, not associated with scoliosis is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code Q76.49. Inclusion terms: Congenital absence of vertebra NOS; Congenital fusion of spine NOS; Congenital malformation of lumbosacral joint region NOS; Congenital malformation of spine NOS; Hemivertebra NOS; Malformation of spine NOS; Platyspondylisis NOS; Supernumerary vertebra NOS. Excludes1 (not coded here): congenital musculoskeletal deformities of spine and chest Q67.5-Q67.8.
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for Q76.49 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Inclusion Terms
Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.
- Congenital absence of vertebra NOS
- Congenital fusion of spine NOS
- Congenital malformation of lumbosacral joint region NOS
- Congenital malformation of spine NOS
- Hemivertebra NOS
- Malformation of spine NOS
- Platyspondylisis NOS
- Supernumerary vertebra NOS
Excludes1 — Not Coded Here
Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.
- congenital musculoskeletal deformities of spine and chest Q67.5-Q67.8
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance
What can't be coded together with Q76.49?
Per Excludes1 instructions, Q76.49 must not be reported with: congenital musculoskeletal deformities of spine and chest (Q67.5-Q67.8).
What conditions are included under Q76.49?
Code includes: Congenital absence of vertebra NOS; Congenital fusion of spine NOS; Congenital malformation of lumbosacral (joint) (region) NOS; Congenital malformation of spine NOS; Hemivertebra NOS.
Codes in This Family (25)
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as Q76.49, with their registry titles.
- Q76 — Congenital malformations of spine and bony thorax
- Q76.0 — Spina bifida occulta
- Q76.0-Q76.4 — Chapter 17: Congenital Malformations, Deformations and Chromosomal Abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (Q00-Q99)
- Q76.1 — Klippel-Feil syndrome
- Q76.2 — Congenital spondylolisthesis
- Q76.3 — Congenital scoliosis due to congenital bony malformation
- Q76.4 — Other congenital malformations of spine, not associated with scoliosis
- Q76.41 — Congenital kyphosis
- Q76.411 — Congenital kyphosis, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- Q76.412 — Congenital kyphosis, cervical region
- Q76.413 — Congenital kyphosis, cervicothoracic region
- Q76.414 — Congenital kyphosis, thoracic region
- Q76.415 — Congenital kyphosis, thoracolumbar region
- Q76.419 — Congenital kyphosis, unspecified region
- Q76.42 — Congenital lordosis
- Q76.425 — Congenital lordosis, thoracolumbar region
- Q76.426 — Congenital lordosis, lumbar region
- Q76.427 — Congenital lordosis, lumbosacral region
- Q76.428 — Congenital lordosis, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
- Q76.429 — Congenital lordosis, unspecified region
- Q76.5 — Cervical rib
- Q76.6 — Other congenital malformations of ribs
- Q76.7 — Congenital malformation of sternum
- Q76.8 — Other congenital malformations of bony thorax
- Q76.9 — Congenital malformation of bony thorax, unspecified
Indexed Clinical Terms (48)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial), coccyx, congenital
- Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial), sacrum, congenital
- Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial), spine, congenital
- Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial), vertebra, congenital
- Accessory (congenital), vertebra
- Agenesis, coccyx
- Agenesis, sacrum
- Agenesis, spine
- Agenesis, vertebra
- Angulation, coccyx (acquired), congenital NEC
- Angulation, sacrum (acquired), congenital NEC
- Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type), coccyx
- Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type), intervertebral cartilage or disc
- Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type), lumbosacral (joint) (region)
- Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type), sacrum NEC
- Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type), spine, spinal NEC
- Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type), spine, spinal NEC, column NEC
- Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type), vertebra
- Bifurcation (congenital), vertebra
- Brevicollis
- Deformity, lumbosacral (congenital) (joint) (region)
- Dislocation (articular), lumbosacral (vertebra), congenital
- Dislocation (articular), spine, congenital
- Dislocation (articular), vertebra (articular process) (body) (traumatic), congenital
- Distortion (s) (congenital), coccyx
- Distortion (s) (congenital), lumbar spine
- Distortion (s) (congenital), lumbosacral (joint) (region)
- Distortion (s) (congenital), sacrum
- Distortion (s) (congenital), spine
- Distortion (s) (congenital), vertebra
- Failure, failed, segmentation, vertebra
- Fusion, fused (congenital), lumbosacral (acquired), congenital
- Fusion, fused (congenital), spine NEC (acquired), congenital
- Half vertebra
- Hemivertebra
- Hypoplasia, hypoplastic, coccyx
- Hypoplasia, hypoplastic, sacrum
- Hypoplasia, hypoplastic, spine
- Hypoplasia, hypoplastic, vertebra
- Lumbarization, vertebra, congenital
- Maldevelopment, spine
- Malformation (congenital), joint, lumbosacral
- Malformation (congenital), spine
- Platyspondylisis
- Sacralization
- Segmentation, incomplete (congenital), lumbosacral (joint) (vertebra)
- Supernumerary (congenital), vertebra
- Syndrome, straight back, congenital
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