Q05Non-billable (header)

Spina bifida

✓ Includes

  • •hydromeningocele (spinal)
  • •meningocele (spinal)
  • •meningomyelocele
  • •myelocele
  • •myelomeningocele
  • •rachischisis
  • •spina bifida (aperta)(cystica)
  • •syringomyelocele

✗ Excludes 1(Not coded here)

  • •Arnold-Chiari syndrome, type II (Q07.0-)
  • •spina bifida occulta (Q76.0)

Notes

  • ℹcode for any associated paraplegia (paraparesis) (G82.2-)

Code Hierarchy

┌17Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-QA0)├Q00-Q07Congenital malformations of the nervous system (Q00-Q07)├Q05Spina bifida
└Q05Spina bifida

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