Q05UpcomingCategory · further specificity required

Spina bifida

Code-level instructions

Use additional code

code for any associated paraplegia (paraparesis) (G82.2-)

Excludes 1

Arnold-Chiari syndrome, type II (Q07.0-)
spina bifida occulta (Q76.0)

Excludes 2 · 1

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

Excludes 2

inborn errors of metabolism (E70-E88)

More specific codes

Q05.0Cervical spina bifida with hydrocephalus Q05.1Thoracic spina bifida with hydrocephalus Q05.2Lumbar spina bifida with hydrocephalus Q05.3Sacral spina bifida with hydrocephalus Q05.4Unspecified spina bifida with hydrocephalus Q05.5Cervical spina bifida without hydrocephalus Q05.6Thoracic spina bifida without hydrocephalus Q05.7Lumbar spina bifida without hydrocephalus Q05.8Sacral spina bifida without hydrocephalus Q05.9Spina bifida, unspecified

Claims & coverage

When ICD-10-CM is required

For US diagnosis claims covered by HIPAA, ICD-10-CM is required from October 1, 2015.

Use the service date for outpatient/professional claims and the discharge date for hospital inpatient claims. Earlier encounters use ICD-9-CM; each individual code must also be valid for the applicable date.

Official coding guidelines → · CMS ↗

First observed · 2015-10-01

Code history

Latest recorded change · FY2019

ChangedUnchanged

FY2019

Effective from 2018-10-01

Inherited rules changed

Spina bifida

Category — select a more specific code

CDC/NCHS · FY2019

All editions (19)

All editions	Effective from	Code history
FY2016	2015-10-01	First observed
FY2017	2016-10-01	No tabular change
FY2018	2017-10-01	No tabular change
FY2019	2018-10-01	Inherited rules changed
FY2020	2019-10-01	No tabular change
FY2020 · April	2020-04-01	No tabular change
FY2021	2020-10-01	No tabular change
FY2021 · 01-01	2021-01-01	No tabular change
FY2022	2021-10-01	No tabular change
FY2022 · 04-01	2022-04-01	No tabular change
FY2023	2022-10-01	No tabular change
FY2023 · 04-01	2023-04-01	No tabular change
FY2024	2023-10-01	No tabular change
FY2024 · 04-01	2024-04-01	No tabular change
FY2025	2024-10-01	No tabular change
FY2025 · 04-01	2025-04-01	No tabular change
FY2026	2025-10-01	No tabular change
FY2026 · April	2026-04-01	No tabular change
FY2027	2026-10-01	No tabular change

Code-level instructions

Includes

hydromeningocele (spinal)
meningocele (spinal)
meningomyelocele
myelocele
myelomeningocele
rachischisis
spina bifida (aperta)(cystica)
syringomyelocele

Excludes 1

Arnold-Chiari syndrome, type II (Q07.0-)
spina bifida occulta (Q76.0)

Use additional code

code for any associated paraplegia (paraparesis) (G82.2-)

Inherited instructions

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

Excludes 2

inborn errors of metabolism (E70-E88)

Note

Codes from this chapter are not for use on maternal records

More specific codes

Related codes

Official titles and instructions are preserved in their source language. Official sources ↗

References from other codes (3)

G91 · Hydrocephalus

Excludes 1 · spina bifida with hydrocephalus (Q05.-)

Q76.0 · Spina bifida occulta

Excludes 1 · meningocele (spinal) (Q05.-)

Q76.0 · Spina bifida occulta

Excludes 1 · spina bifida (aperta) (cystica) (Q05.-)