Q71
Header — not billableReduction defects of upper limb
The ICD-10 code for reduction defects of upper limb is Q71.
Q71 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 9 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under Q71
- Q71.0Congenital complete absence of upper limbnon-billable header
- Q71.1Congenital absence of upper arm and forearm with hand presentnon-billable header
- Q71.2Congenital absence of both forearm and handnon-billable header
- Q71.3Congenital absence of hand and fingernon-billable header
- Q71.4Longitudinal reduction defect of radiusnon-billable header
- Q71.5Longitudinal reduction defect of ulnanon-billable header
- Q71.6Lobster-claw handnon-billable header
- Q71.8Other reduction defects of upper limbnon-billable header
- Q71.9Unspecified reduction defect of upper limbnon-billable header
Related codes in this category
- Q65Congenital deformities of hipnon-billable header
- Q66Congenital deformities of feetnon-billable header
- Q67Congenital musculoskeletal deformities of head, face, spine and chestnon-billable header
- Q68Other congenital musculoskeletal deformitiesnon-billable header
- Q69Polydactylynon-billable header
- Q70Syndactylynon-billable header
- Q72Reduction defects of lower limbnon-billable header
- Q73Reduction defects of unspecified limbnon-billable header
- Q74Other congenital malformations of limb(s)non-billable header
- Q75Other congenital malformations of skull and face bonesnon-billable header
- Q76Congenital malformations of spine and bony thoraxnon-billable header
- Q77Osteochondrodysplasia with defects of growth of tubular bones and spinenon-billable header
- Q78Other osteochondrodysplasiasnon-billable header
- Q79Congenital malformations of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- Q71Reduction defects of upper limbnon-billable header