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Q18.0 – Sinus, fistula and cyst of branchial cleft

Overview

Coding Notes

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Applicable To

Branchial vestige

GEM Conversion to ICD-9 CM

Fs: 10000 – Branchial cleft sinus or fistula
Fs: 10000 – Branchial cleft cyst

MDC / MS-DRG Reference

OTHER EAR, NOSE, MOUTH AND THROAT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC
OTHER EAR, NOSE, MOUTH AND THROAT DIAGNOSES WITH CC
OTHER EAR, NOSE, MOUTH AND THROAT DIAGNOSES WITHOUT CC/MCC

Back Reference of Diagnostic Codes

Branchiogenic remnant (in neck) Q18.0
Cleft (congenital) See also Imperfect, closure
branchial (persistent) Q18.2
cyst Q18.0
fistula Q18.0
sinus Q18.0
Cyst (colloid) (mucous) (simple) (retention)
branchial (cleft) Q18.0
branchiogenic Q18.0
cervical lateral Q18.0
Fistula (cutaneous) L98.8
branchial (cleft) Q18.0
branchiogenous Q18.0
pharynx J39.2
branchial cleft (congenital) Q18.0
Imperfect
closure (congenital)
branchial cleft NOS Q18.2
cyst Q18.0
fistula Q18.0
sinus Q18.0
Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9
branchial cyst Q18.0
Persistence, persistent (congenital)
branchial cleft NOS Q18.2
cyst Q18.0
fistula Q18.0
sinus Q18.0
Sinus See also Fistula
branchial cleft (internal) (external) Q18.0
Vestige, vestigial See also Persistence
branchial Q18.0

Sibling Codes

Preauricular sinus and cyst
Other branchial cleft malformations
Webbing of neck
Macrostomia
Microstomia
Macrocheilia
Microcheilia
Other specified congenital malformations of face and neck
Congenital malformation of face and neck, unspecified

Parent Sibling Codes

Congenital malformations of eyelid, lacrimal apparatus and orbit
Anophthalmos, microphthalmos and macrophthalmos
Congenital lens malformations
Congenital malformations of anterior segment of eye
Congenital malformations of posterior segment of eye
Other congenital malformations of eye
Congenital malformations of ear causing impairment of hearing
Other congenital malformations of ear
Other congenital malformations of face and neck

View in Tabular

Code Title
Q00-Q99 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
Q10-Q18 Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck (Q10-Q18)
Q18 Other congenital malformations of face and neck
Q18.0 Sinus, fistula and cyst of branchial cleft
Applicable to
Branchial vestige