Q16.3 – Congenital malformation of ear ossicles

Code

Q16.3 (claims format: Q163)

Description

Congenital malformation of ear ossicles

Billable

Yes – valid for HIPAA-covered transactions

Valid for

Dates of service October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 (FY2027)

Chapter

17. Congenital malformations, deformations, chromosomal abnormalities, and genetic disorders (Q00-QA1)

Block

Q10-Q18 Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck

Parent codes

Q16

Notes for Q16.3

Notes inherited from parent codes

Instructional notes at a category or block level apply to every code below it.

Q16 – Congenital malformations of ear causing impairment of hearing

Block Q10-Q18

Index terms for Q16.3

Entries in the ICD-10-CM alphabetic index that lead to this code:

• Agenesis, incus
• Maldevelopment, ossicles
• Distortion, ossicles, ear
• Absence, incus, congenital
• Malformation, ear, ossicles
• Fusion, fused, ear ossicles
• Accessory, auditory ossicles
• Deformity, middle ear, ossicles
• Supernumerary, auditory ossicles
• Supernumerary, ossicles, auditory
• Fusion, fused, ossicles, auditory
• Distortion, ear, middle, ossicles
• Anomaly, anomalous, ear, ossicles
• Malformation, middle ear, ossicles
• Absence, ear, congenital, ossicles
• Malformation, ear, middle, ossicles
• Deformity, ear, congenital, ossicles
• Maldevelopment, middle ear, ossicles
• Malposition, congenital, ear, ossicles
• Anomaly, anomalous, middle ear, ossicles
• Persistence, persistent, arteria stapedia
• Deformity, ear, congenital, middle, ossicles
• Absence, ear, congenital, middle, except ossicles, ossicles

Related codes in Q16

• Q16.0 – Congenital absence of (ear) auricleBillable
• Q16.1 – Congenital absence, atresia and stricture of auditory canal (external)Billable
• Q16.2 – Absence of eustachian tubeBillable
• Q16.4 – Other congenital malformations of middle earBillable
• Q16.5 – Congenital malformation of inner earBillable
• Q16.9 – Congenital malformation of ear causing impairment of hearing, unspecifiedBillable