Craniosynostosis
- Q75.0 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- ICD-10-CM Q75.0 is a new 2024 ICD-10-CM code that became effective on October 1, 2023.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Q75.0 – other international versions of ICD-10 Q75.0 may differ.
The following code(s) above Q75.0 contain annotation back-references
that may be applicable to Q75.0:
- Q00-Q99 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
- Q75 Other congenital malformations of skull and face bones
Approximate Synonyms
- Complex craniosynostosis
- Craniosynostosis syndrome
- Craniosynostosis, complex
- Craniosynostosis, simple
- Simple craniosynostosis
Clinical Information
- A congenital disorder characterized by earlier than normal closure of some or all sutures of the infant skull.
- Premature closing of the lambdoid and coronal sutures.
- Premature closure of one or more cranial sutures. It often results in plagiocephaly. Craniosynostoses that involve multiple sutures are sometimes associated with congenital syndromes such as acrocephalosyndactylia; and craniofacial dysostosis.
- Premature closure of one or more sutures of the skull.
- Premature fusion of the metopic suture.
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): Deleted code
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): New code