Q71.20

Congenital absence of both forearm and hand, unspecified upper limb

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

This is the unspecified option. 3 more specific codes sit alongside it. Worth checking whether the documentation supports one of them.

Instructional notes

No further instructional notes apply.

Index entries leading here 1

Agenesis
- forearm (with hand present) — see Agenesis, arm, with hand present
  - and hand Q71.2

Alongside this code 3 same parent — Q71.2

Q71.21 Congen absence of both forearm and hand, right upper limb Q71.22 Congenital absence of both forearm and hand, left upper limb Q71.23 Congenital absence of both forearm and hand, bilateral

Medications 1

692 Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities drugs

MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.

Additional references

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Risk adjustment

Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

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This code

Billable: yes
Code set: FY2026
Parent: Q71.2
Block: Q65-Q79
Siblings: 3

Present FY2024–FY2027.