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Q68.3

Billable

Congenital bowing of femur

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

A congenital condition where the thighbone (femur) is abnormally curved or bowed from birth, which may affect the child's ability to walk or run normally.

Coding Tips

  • •Specify laterality (right, left, or bilateral) if documented in the medical record
  • •Distinguish from acquired bowing due to rickets or other metabolic conditions

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

  • anteversion of femur (neck) (Q65.89)

Code Hierarchy

└Q68Other congenital musculoskeletal deformities└Q68.3Congenital bowing of femur
└Q68.3Congenital bowing of femur

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