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Q28.9

Congenital malformation of circulatory system, unspecified

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 5 more specific codes sit alongside it. Worth checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 7 never code together
Q28code
Excludes1
  • congenital aneurysm NOS (Q27.8)Q27.8
  • congenital coronary aneurysm (Q24.5)Q24.5
  • ruptured cerebral arteriovenous malformation (I60.8)I60.8
  • ruptured malformation of precerebral vessels (I72.0)I72.0
Excludes2
  • congenital peripheral aneurysm (Q27.8)Q27.8
  • congenital pulmonary aneurysm (Q25.79)Q25.79
  • congenital retinal aneurysm (Q14.1)Q14.1

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

No further instructional notes apply.

Index entries leading here 8
  • Agenesis
    • circulatory system, part NOS Q28.9
  • Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) Q89.9
    • circulatory system Q28.9
  • Disease, diseased — see also Syndrome
    • cardiovascular (atherosclerotic) I25.10
  • Deformity Q89.9
    • cardiovascular system, congenital Q28.9
  • Defect, defective Q89.9
  • Embryonic
  • Circulation
  • Malformation (congenital) — see also Anomaly
    • circulatory system Q28.9
Alongside this code 5 same parent — Q28
Additional references
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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
Q28
Block
Q20-Q28
Siblings
5

Present FY2024–FY2027.