Q93.81 ICD-10-CM Code: Velo-cardio-facial syndrome
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)
MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43.0 (FY2026), Appendix B.
- MS-DRG 884 — ORGANIC DISTURBANCES AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (MDC 19)
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.
Code Set: Valid FY2026 and FY2027. FY2026 took effect October 1, 2025.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for Q93.81 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Inclusion Terms
Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.
- Deletion 22q11.2
Excludes2 — Not Included Here
Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.
- mitochondrial metabolic disorders (E88.4-)
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to Q93.81 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- Q93.5 — Other deletions of part of a chromosome
- Q93.51 — Angelman syndrome
- Q93.52 — Phelan-McDermid syndrome
- Q93.59 — Other deletions of part of a chromosome
- Q93.7 — Deletions with other complex rearrangements
- Q93.8 — Other deletions from the autosomes
- Q93.82 — Williams syndrome
- Q93.88 — Other microdeletions
- Q93.89 — Other deletions from the autosomes
- Q93.9 — Deletion from autosomes, unspecified
Indexed Clinical Terms (2)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- Deletion (s), chromosome, short arm, 22q11.2
- Syndrome, velo-cardio-facial