Q17.3
Other misshapen ear
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 9 never code together
Q17code
Excludes1
- congenital malformations of ear with impairment of hearing (Q16.0-Q16.9)Q16.0-Q16.9
- preauricular sinus (Q18.1)Q18.1
Q10-Q18block
Excludes2
- cleft lip and cleft palate (Q35-Q37)Q35-Q37
- congenital malformation of cervical spine (Q05.0, Q05.5, Q67.5, Q76.0-Q76.4)Q05.0Q05.5Q67.5Q76.0-Q76.4
- congenital malformation of larynx (Q31.-)Q31.-
- congenital malformation of lip NEC (Q38.0)Q38.0
- congenital malformation of nose (Q30.-)Q30.-
- congenital malformation of parathyroid gland (Q89.2)Q89.2
- congenital malformation of thyroid gland (Q89.2)Q89.2
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 1
Q17.3code
Inclusion terms
- Pointed ear
Index entries leading here 10
- Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) Q89.9
- concha (ear) Q17.3
- Malformation (congenital) — see also Anomaly
- Aztec ear Q17.3
- Cat
- ear Q17.3
- Distortion (s) (congenital)
- ear (auricle) (external) Q17.3
- Rudimentary (congenital) — see also Agenesis
- lobule of ear Q17.3
- Lop ear (deformity) Q17.3
- Macacus ear Q17.3
- Pointed ear (congenital) Q17.3
- Ridged ear, congenital Q17.3
Alongside this code 7 same parent — Q17
Additional references
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