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Q05

Spina bifida

Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 2 never code together
Q05code
Excludes1

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Instructional notes 9
Q05code
Includes
  • hydromeningocele (spinal)
  • meningocele (spinal)
  • meningomyelocele
  • myelocele
  • myelomeningocele
  • rachischisis
  • spina bifida (aperta)(cystica)
  • syringomyelocele
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Subordinate codes 10
Q05.0 Cervical spina bifida with hydrocephalus Q05.1 Thoracic spina bifida with hydrocephalus Q05.2 Lumbar spina bifida with hydrocephalus Q05.3 Sacral spina bifida with hydrocephalus Q05.4 Unspecified spina bifida with hydrocephalus Q05.5 Cervical spina bifida without hydrocephalus Q05.6 Thoracic spina bifida without hydrocephalus Q05.7 Lumbar spina bifida without hydrocephalus Q05.8 Sacral spina bifida without hydrocephalus Q05.9 Spina bifida, unspecified
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This code

Billable
no
Code set
FY2026
Block
Q00-Q07
Subordinate
10

Present FY2024–FY2027.