Coding and coverage · ICD-10-CM

Q61 Cystic kidney disease

Not billable (header)Chapter 17

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Codes under this one

  • Q61.0 Congenital renal cystHeader
  • Q61.1 Polycystic kidney, infantile typeHeader
  • Q61.2 Polycystic kidney, adult type
  • Q61.3 Polycystic kidney, unspecified
  • Q61.4 Renal dysplasia
  • Q61.5 Medullary cystic kidney
  • Q61.8 Other cystic kidney diseases
  • Q61.9 Cystic kidney disease, unspecified

Instructional notes

Chapter 17

Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
  • inborn errors of metabolism (E70-E88)
Notes
  • Codes from this chapter are not for use on maternal records

This code

Excludes1Not coded here: never report with this code, except when the two conditions are unrelated.
  • acquired cyst of kidney (N28.1)
  • Potter's syndrome (Q60.6)

Chapter 17: Congenital malformations, deformations, chromosomal abnormalities, and genetic disorders (Q00-QA1) · Q60-Q64 Congenital malformations of the urinary system (Q60-Q64)

Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.

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