The block Q10–Q18 of ICD-10 is titled “Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck”. It is part of Chapter XVII, Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities, and holds 9 groups.
What Q10–Q18 excludes
Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.
Codes in Q10–Q18
- Q10.0Congenital ptosis
- Q10.1Congenital ectropion
- Q10.2Congenital entropion
- Q10.3Other congenital malformations of eyelid
- Q10.4Absence and agenesis of lacrimal apparatus
- Q10.5Congenital stenosis and stricture of lacrimal duct
- Q10.6Other congenital malformations of lacrimal apparatus
- Q10.7Congenital malformation of orbit
- Q13.0Coloboma of iris
- Q13.1Absence of iris
- Q13.2Other congenital malformations of iris
- Q13.3Congenital corneal opacity
- Q13.4Other congenital corneal malformations
- Q13.5Blue sclera
- Q13.8Other congenital malformations of anterior segment of eye
- Q13.9Congenital malformation of anterior segment of eye, unspecified
- Q16.0Congenital absence of (ear) auricle
- Q16.1Congenital absence, atresia and stricture of auditory canal (external)
- Q16.2Absence of eustachian tube
- Q16.3Congenital malformation of ear ossicles
- Q16.4Other congenital malformations of middle ear
- Q16.5Congenital malformation of inner ear
- Q16.9Congenital malformation of ear causing impairment of hearing, unspecified
- Q18.0Sinus, fistula and cyst of branchial cleft
- Q18.1Preauricular sinus and cyst
- Q18.2Other branchial cleft malformations
- Q18.3Webbing of neck
- Q18.4Macrostomia
- Q18.5Microstomia
- Q18.6Macrocheilia
- Q18.7Microcheilia
- Q18.8Other specified congenital malformations of face and neck
- Q18.9Congenital malformation of face and neck, unspecified
Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.
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