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Q96.9 ICD-10-CM Code: Turner's syndrome, unspecified

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

Coding at a Glance

Tabular directives
1 Excludes1 · 1 Excludes2

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 742 — UTERINE AND ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR NON-MALIGNANCY WITH CC/MCC (MDC 13)
  • MS-DRG 743 — UTERINE AND ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR NON-MALIGNANCY WITHOUT CC/MCC (MDC 13)
  • MS-DRG 760 — MENSTRUAL AND OTHER FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM DISORDERS WITH CC/MCC (MDC 13)
  • MS-DRG 761 — MENSTRUAL AND OTHER FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC (MDC 13)

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 Q96.9 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 Q96.9 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Source: inherited from Q96

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

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

Source: inherited from Q90-Q99

Coder workflow for Q96.9

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

Before you code Q96.9

  1. Unspecified does not mean incorrect. When the record gives no greater specificity, Q96.9 may be the appropriate code. Check the record for detail that supports a more specific sibling — in this subcategory the siblings differ by the presence or absence of the associated condition. 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).

    ReviewQ96.0, Q96.1, Q96.2, Q96.3, Q96.4, Q96.8

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

  2. Check the Excludes1 note: if the documentation supports a condition named there, do not simply proceed with Q96.9. Excludes1 conditions are not reported together with this code unless the record shows they are unrelated (Guidelines I.A.12.a).

    See the official tabular notes

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 — Q96.9 is appropriate when the documentation goes no further.

    ReviewQ96.0, Q96.1, Q96.2, Q96.3, Q96.4, Q96.8

  2. Does the documentation support a condition named in Q96.9’s Excludes1 note?
    Yes → Do not simply proceed: review the excluded code. Both are reported only when the record shows the two conditions are unrelated.
    No → Continue.

    ReviewQ87.19

Consider Q96.9. 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).
The associated condition or complication
Whether the associated condition the title names is documented; the “with” convention presumes some links, and a provider statement that the conditions are unrelated defeats it (Guidelines I.A.15).
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.

Official instructions as workflow

  • Excludes1 — check before selecting Q96.9(1 note)

    Coding workflow: If the documentation supports a condition named in this note, do not simply proceed with Q96.9: the two are not reported together. The one exception is when the record shows the two conditions are unrelated to each other.

    CompareQ87.19

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

  • Excludes2 — not part of Q96.9(1 note)

    Coding workflow: The conditions named in this note are not included in Q96.9. When the record documents both, both may be reported; the note is a boundary, not a prohibition.

    CompareE88.4

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

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).

ReviewQ96.0, Q96.1, Q96.2, Q96.3, Q96.4, Q96.8

Documentation: Both the condition Q96.9 describes and a condition named in its Excludes1 note are documented for the same encounter.

Coding question: Can both codes be reported?

Path: Review the Excludes1 note and the excluded code, and look for a provider statement on whether the two conditions are related.

Reason: Excludes1 means the two are not coded together; the exception is when the record shows the conditions are unrelated to each other (Guidelines I.A.12.a).

ReviewQ87.19

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 Q96.9 with…

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

The codes most likely to be picked instead of Q96.9 — 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.

  • Q87.19— Excludes1 conflict (Excludes1 — generally not reported together)

    Not coded here — the tabular list excludes this pair for the same encounter.

    Not reported together with this code, except where the two conditions are documented as unrelated.

    What moves you there: Documentation of Noonan syndrome moves the case to Q87.19; the two are not reported together unless documented as unrelated.

    Full comparison: Q96.9 vs Q87.19 →

  • E88.4— 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 mitochondrial metabolic disorders adds E88.4; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

    Full comparison: Q96.9 vs E88.4 →

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.

Code Overview

Turner's syndrome, unspecified is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Q96.9).

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 (8)

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

Other codes that name Q96.9 or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes. Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

Referenced by 13 Excludes1 notes across 3 chapters: E25 — Adrenogenital disorders (via Q96.-), E28.3 — Primary ovarian failure (via Q96.-), Q50 — Congenital malformations of ovaries, fallopian tubes and broad ligaments (via Q96.-), Q50-Q56 — Congenital malformations of genital organs (Q50-Q56) (via Q96.-), Q50.0 — Congenital absence of ovary (via Q96.-), Q51 — Congenital malformations of uterus and cervix (via Q96.-), Q52 — Other congenital malformations of female genitalia (via Q96.-), Q53 — Undescended and ectopic testicle (via Q96.-), Q54 — Hypospadias (via Q96.-), Q55 — Other congenital malformations of male genital organs (via Q96.-), Q56 — Indeterminate sex and pseudohermaphroditism (via Q96.-), Q97 — Other sex chromosome abnormalities, female phenotype, not elsewhere classified (via Q96.-), Z15 — Genetic susceptibility to disease (via Q96.-).

These codes’ tabular lists mark this diagnosis as mutually exclusive — not reported together unless the conditions are documented as unrelated.

Referenced by 1 Code First instruction: D84.81 — Immunodeficiency due to conditions classified elsewhere (via Q96.-).

Each of these codes carries a Code First note naming this condition — when that code is reported, THIS code is sequenced first, ahead of it.

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 4 MS-DRGs: DRG 742 (MDC 13), DRG 743 (MDC 13), DRG 760 (MDC 13), DRG 761 (MDC 13).

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

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):MAL009 — Chromosomal abnormalities (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 (Chromosomal abnormalities).

Q95.3 — Balanced sex/autosomal rearrangement in abnormal individual, Q95.5 — Individual with autosomal fragile site, Q95.8 — Other balanced rearrangements and structural markers, Q95.9 — Balanced rearrangement and structural marker, unspecified, Q96.0 — Karyotype 45, X, Q96.1 — Karyotype 46, X iso (Xq), Q96.2 — Karyotype 46, X with abnormal sex chromosome, except iso (Xq), Q96.3 — Mosaicism, 45, X/46, XX or XY, Q96.4 — Mosaicism, 45, X/other cell line(s) with abnormal sex chromosome, Q96.8 — Other variants of Turner's syndrome, Q97.0 — Karyotype 47, XXX, Q97.1 — Female with more than three X chromosomes, Q97.2 — Mosaicism, lines with various numbers of X chromosomes, Q97.3 — Female with 46, XY karyotype, Q97.8 — Other specified sex chromosome abnormalities, female phenotype, Q97.9 — Sex chromosome abnormality, female phenotype, unspecified, Q98.0 — Klinefelter syndrome karyotype 47, XXY, Q98.1 — Klinefelter syndrome, male with more than two X chromosomes, Q98.3 — Other male with 46, XX karyotype, Q98.4 — Klinefelter syndrome, unspecified, +56 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”, “Dysgenesis”, “Deficiency, deficient”, …; these codes share that main term but sit in a different category of the Tabular List.

Q84.9 — Congenital malformation of integument, unspecified (integument), Q89.01 — Asplenia (congenital) (spleen, agenesis), Q89.09 — Congenital malformations of spleen (spleen), Q89.1 — Congenital malformations of adrenal gland (adrenal), Q89.2 — Congenital malformations of other endocrine glands (thyroid), Q89.7 — Multiple congenital malformations, not elsewhere classified (multiple NEC), Q89.89 — Other specified congenital malformations (specified organ or site NEC), Q89.9 — Congenital malformation, unspecified, Q93.0 — Whole chromosome monosomy, nonmosaicism (meiotic nondisjunction) (whole chromosome, meiotic nondisjunction), Q93.1 — Whole chromosome monosomy, mosaicism (mitotic nondisjunction) (whole chromosome, mosaicism), Q93.89 — Other deletions from the autosomes (specified NEC), Q93.9 — Deletion from autosomes, unspecified, Q97.8 — Other specified sex chromosome abnormalities, female phenotype (sex chromosomes NEC, female phenotype), Q98.4 — Klinefelter syndrome, unspecified (chromosomes, chromosomal, sex, Klinefelter's), Q98.9 — Sex chromosome abnormality, male phenotype, unspecified (sex chromosomes NEC, male phenotype), Q99.1 — 46, XX true hermaphrodite (gonadal, pure), Q99.8 — Other specified chromosome abnormalities (chromosomes, chromosomal, specified NEC), Q99.9 — Chromosomal abnormality, unspecified (chromosomes, chromosomal), QA0.0131 — SLC6A1-related disorder (GABA transporter 1), R34 — Anuria and oliguria (secretion, urine), +438 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of Q96.9 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.

Run Q96.9 with these 9 related codes in Claim Check

Hierarchy

Referenced by Excludes1 notes (13)

Referenced by Code First instructions

Clinical classification (CCSR)

MS-DRG Grouper

MDC crossing

  • MDC 13 — Diseases and Disorders of the Female Reproductive System[MDC crossing]: “Diseases and Disorders of the Female Reproductive System — 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. 2,238 same-MDC procedures group here; browse them on the MDC page.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2027

Index entries

  • Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type), chromosomes, chromosomal, sex, Turner's[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Deficiency, deficient, short stature homeobox gene (SHOX), with, Turner's syndrome[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Dysgenesis, gonadal (due to chromosomal anomaly)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Monosomy, X[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Morgagni-Turnersyndrome (-Albright)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Turner-Ullrich syndrome[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Turner's, syndrome[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • XO syndrome[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

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.

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Change history

  • FY2016 — October 1, 2015
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Turner's syndrome, 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 Q96.9 in its code family, with their registry titles.

View all codes in the Q96 family