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Q01

Non-Billable (Header)

Encephalocele

Includes

  • Arnold-Chiari syndrome, type III
  • encephalocystocele
  • encephalomyelocele
  • hydroencephalocele
  • hydromeningocele, cranial
  • meningocele, cerebral
  • meningoencephalocele

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

  • Meckel-Gruber syndrome (Q61.9)

Child Codes

Q01.0Frontal encephalocele
HCC 182
Q01.1Nasofrontal encephalocele
HCC 182
Q01.2Occipital encephalocele
HCC 182
Q01.8Encephalocele of other sites
HCC 182
Q01.9Encephalocele, unspecified
HCC 182

Code Hierarchy

└Q01Encephalocele
└Q01Encephalocele

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