Coding Guidelines

Inclusion Terms

  • Congenital absence of patella
  • Congenital dislocation of patella
  • Congenital genu valgum
  • Congenital genu varum
  • Rudimentary patella

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with Q74.1

  • Q68.2 - congenital dislocation of knee (Q68.2)
  • Q68.2 - congenital genu recurvatum (Q68.2)
  • Q87.2 - nail patella syndrome (Q87.2)

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