ICD-10-CM Code for Congenital bowing of femur Q68.3

ICD-10 code Q68.3 for Congenital bowing of femur is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities .

Official Long Descriptor

Congenital bowing of femur

Excludes1: anteversion of femur (neck) (Q65.89)

Q68

Excludes1: reduction defects of limb(s) (Q71-Q73)

Excludes2: congenital myotonic chondrodystrophy (G71.13)

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