Q75.8

Other specified congenital malformations of skull and face bones

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

Exclusions 9 never code together

Q75code

Excludes1

congenital malformation of face NOS (Q18.-)Q18.-
congenital malformation syndromes classified to Q87.-Q87.-
dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion] (M26.-)M26.-
musculoskeletal deformities of head and face (Q67.0-Q67.4)Q67.0-Q67.4
skull defects associated with congenital anomalies of brain such as:
anencephaly (Q00.0)Q00.0
encephalocele (Q01.-)Q01.-
hydrocephalus (Q03.-)Q03.-
microcephaly (Q02)Q02

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

Instructional notes 3

Q75.8code

Inclusion terms

Absence of skull bone, congenital
Congenital deformity of forehead
Platybasia

Index entries leading here 24

Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial)
- skull bone (congenital) Q75.8
Accessory (congenital)
- face bone (s) Q75.8
- frontonasal process Q75.8
Agenesis
- face
  - bones NEC Q75.8
- roof of orbit Q75.8
- skull (bone) Q75.8
Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) Q89.9
- forehead Q75.8
Bird
- face Q75.8
Malformation (congenital) — see also Anomaly
- bone Q79.9
  - skull Q75.9
    - specified type NEC Q75.8
  - face Q75.9
    - specified type NEC Q75.8
Hypoplasia, hypoplastic
- bone NOS Q79.9
  - face Q75.8
- face Q18.8
  - bone (s) Q75.8
- skull (bone) Q75.8
Crepitus
- caput Q75.8
Caput
- crepitus Q75.8
Imperfect
- closure (congenital)
  - roof of orbit Q75.8
Deformity Q89.9
- skull (acquired) M95.2
  - congenital Q75.8
- forehead (acquired) M95.2
  - congenital Q75.8
- frontal bone (acquired) M95.2
  - congenital Q75.8
- head (acquired) M95.2
  - congenital Q75.8
Hyperostosis (monomelic) — see also Disorder, bone, density and structure, specified NEC
- skull M85.2
  - congenital Q75.8
Diastasis
- cranial bones M84.88
  - congenital NEC Q75.8
Craniofenestria (skull) Q75.8
Craniolacunia (skull) Q75.8
Cranioschisis Q75.8
Distortion (s) (congenital)
- face bone (s) NEC Q75.8
- skull bone (s) NEC Q75.8
Duplication, duplex — see also Accessory
- frontonasal process Q75.8
Impression, basilar Q75.8
Lacunar skull Q75.8
Maldevelopment — see also Anomaly
- mastoid process Q75.8
Ostrum-Furst syndrome Q75.8
Platybasia Q75.8
Stenocephaly Q75.8

Alongside this code 7 same parent — Q75

Q75.0 Craniosynostosis category Q75.1 Craniofacial dysostosis Q75.2 Hypertelorism Q75.3 Macrocephaly Q75.4 Mandibulofacial dysostosis Q75.5 Oculomandibular dysostosis Q75.9 Congenital malformation of skull and face bones, unspecified

Medications 1

692 Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities drugs

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This code

Billable: yes
Code set: FY2026
Parent: Q75
Block: Q65-Q79
Siblings: 7

Present FY2024–FY2027.