ICD-10 · PDGM grouping

Q10-Q18 — Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck

Every ICD-10-CM code in this range and the PDGM clinical group CMS assigns to it, read from the CMS grouper crosswalk v07.1.26.

OASIS-E2 v1.00.0 · ingested 2026-04-26

Codes in range

62

No clinical group

62

A period cannot be grouped from these.

Barred as primary

0

CMS rejects these in the primary position.

Where these codes group

None of the 62 codes in Q10-Q18 is assigned a PDGM clinical group. A 30-day period cannot be grouped from any of them, so none can hold the primary position on a home health claim.

Every code in Q10-Q18

Descriptions are CMS’s own, abbreviated as CMS abbreviates them.

CodeDescriptionClinical groupPrimary position
Q100Congenital ptosisNoneCannot group
Q101Congenital ectropionNoneCannot group
Q102Congenital entropionNoneCannot group
Q103Other congenital malformations of eyelidNoneCannot group
Q104Absence and agenesis of lacrimal apparatusNoneCannot group
Q105Congenital stenosis and stricture of lacrimal ductNoneCannot group
Q106Other congenital malformations of lacrimal apparatusNoneCannot group
Q107Congenital malformation of orbitNoneCannot group
Q110Cystic eyeballNoneCannot group
Q111Other anophthalmosNoneCannot group
Q112MicrophthalmosNoneCannot group
Q113MacrophthalmosNoneCannot group
Q120Congenital cataractNoneCannot group
Q121Congenital displaced lensNoneCannot group
Q122Coloboma of lensNoneCannot group
Q123Congenital aphakiaNoneCannot group
Q124SpherophakiaNoneCannot group
Q128Other congenital lens malformationsNoneCannot group
Q129Congenital lens malformation, unspecifiedNoneCannot group
Q130Coloboma of irisNoneCannot group
Q131Absence of irisNoneCannot group
Q132Other congenital malformations of irisNoneCannot group
Q133Congenital corneal opacityNoneCannot group
Q134Other congenital corneal malformationsNoneCannot group
Q135Blue scleraNoneCannot group
Q1381Rieger anomalyNoneCannot group
Q1389Other congenital malformations of anterior segment of eyeNoneCannot group
Q139Congenital malformation of anterior segment of eye, unspNoneCannot group
Q140Congenital malformation of vitreous humorNoneCannot group
Q141Congenital malformation of retinaNoneCannot group
Q142Congenital malformation of optic discNoneCannot group
Q143Congenital malformation of choroidNoneCannot group
Q148Other congenital malformations of posterior segment of eyeNoneCannot group
Q149Congenital malformation of posterior segment of eye, unspNoneCannot group
Q150Congenital glaucomaNoneCannot group
Q158Other specified congenital malformations of eyeNoneCannot group
Q159Congenital malformation of eye, unspecifiedNoneCannot group
Q160Congenital absence of (ear) auricleNoneCannot group
Q161Congenital absence, atresia and stricture of auditory canalNoneCannot group
Q162Absence of eustachian tubeNoneCannot group
Q163Congenital malformation of ear ossiclesNoneCannot group
Q164Other congenital malformations of middle earNoneCannot group
Q165Congenital malformation of inner earNoneCannot group
Q169Congen malform of ear causing impairment of hearing, unspNoneCannot group
Q170Accessory auricleNoneCannot group
Q171MacrotiaNoneCannot group
Q172MicrotiaNoneCannot group
Q173Other misshapen earNoneCannot group
Q174Misplaced earNoneCannot group
Q175Prominent earNoneCannot group
Q178Other specified congenital malformations of earNoneCannot group
Q179Congenital malformation of ear, unspecifiedNoneCannot group
Q180Sinus, fistula and cyst of branchial cleftNoneCannot group
Q181Preauricular sinus and cystNoneCannot group
Q182Other branchial cleft malformationsNoneCannot group
Q183Webbing of neckNoneCannot group
Q184MacrostomiaNoneCannot group
Q185MicrostomiaNoneCannot group
Q186MacrocheiliaNoneCannot group
Q187MicrocheiliaNoneCannot group
Q188Other specified congenital malformations of face and neckNoneCannot group
Q189Congenital malformation of face and neck, unspecifiedNoneCannot group

Source: CMS HH PPS Grouper Software v07.1.26, effective 2026-04-01. This is the crosswalk Medicare runs a claim through. Grouping also depends on admission source, timing, the OASIS functional items and the rest of the diagnosis list.

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