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Q01

Encephalocele

Non-billableCategory

Chapter: 17. Congenital malformations, deformations, chromosomal abnormalities, and genetic disorders

Section: Q00-Q07 - Congenital malformations of the nervous system

Coding Guidelines

Includes

  • Arnold-Chiari syndrome, type III
  • encephalocystocele
  • encephalomyelocele
  • hydroencephalocele
  • hydromeningocele, cranial
  • meningocele, cerebral
  • meningoencephalocele

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with Q01

  • Q61.9 - Meckel-Gruber syndrome (Q61.9)

Specific Codes (5)

Q01.0Billable

Frontal encephalocele

Q01.1Billable

Nasofrontal encephalocele

Q01.2Billable

Occipital encephalocele

Q01.8Billable

Encephalocele of other sites

Q01.9Billable

Encephalocele, unspecified

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