POA Exempt: Congenital malformations of the urinary system (Q60-Q64) ICD-10-CM
The 63 ICD-10-CM codes in this range are exempt from Present on Admission reporting for fiscal year 2026. Hospitals assign no POA indicator for them on inpatient claims: the codes describe circumstances, such as pre-existing conditions or the cause of an injury, where asking whether the condition was present at admission adds no information.
Exempt Codes in This Range 63 codes · 5 categories
Q60 Renal agenesis and other reduction defects of kidney7 codes
Q61 Cystic kidney disease11 codes
- Q61.00 Congenital renal cyst, unspecified
- Q61.01 Congenital single renal cyst
- Q61.02 Congenital multiple renal cysts
- Q61.11 Cystic dilatation of collecting ducts
- Q61.19 Other polycystic kidney, infantile type
- 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
Q62 Congenital obstructive defects of renal pelvis and congenital malformations of ureter17 codes
- Q62.0 Congenital hydronephrosis
- Q62.10 Congenital occlusion of ureter, unspecified
- Q62.11 Congenital occlusion of ureteropelvic junction
- Q62.12 Congenital occlusion of ureterovesical orifice
- Q62.2 Congenital megaureter
- Q62.31 Congenital ureterocele, orthotopic
- Q62.32 Cecoureterocele
- Q62.39 Other obstructive defects of renal pelvis and ureter
- Q62.4 Agenesis of ureter
- Q62.5 Duplication of ureter
- Q62.60 Malposition of ureter, unspecified
- Q62.61 Deviation of ureter
- Q62.62 Displacement of ureter
- Q62.63 Anomalous implantation of ureter
- Q62.69 Other malposition of ureter
- Q62.7 Congenital vesico-uretero-renal reflux
- Q62.8 Other congenital malformations of ureter
Q63 Other congenital malformations of kidney6 codes
Q64 Other congenital malformations of urinary system22 codes
- Q64.0 Epispadias
- Q64.10 Exstrophy of urinary bladder, unspecified
- Q64.11 Supravesical fissure of urinary bladder
- Q64.12 Cloacal exstrophy of urinary bladder
- Q64.19 Other exstrophy of urinary bladder
- Q64.2 Congenital posterior urethral valves
- Q64.31 Congenital bladder neck obstruction
- Q64.32 Congenital stricture of urethra
- Q64.33 Congenital stricture of urinary meatus
- Q64.39 Other atresia and stenosis of urethra and bladder neck
- Q64.4 Malformation of urachus
- Q64.5 Congenital absence of bladder and urethra
- Q64.6 Congenital diverticulum of bladder
- Q64.70 Unspecified congenital malformation of bladder and urethra
- Q64.71 Congenital prolapse of urethra
- Q64.72 Congenital prolapse of urinary meatus
- Q64.73 Congenital urethrorectal fistula
- Q64.74 Double urethra
- Q64.75 Double urinary meatus
- Q64.79 Other congenital malformations of bladder and urethra
- Q64.8 Other specified congenital malformations of urinary system
- Q64.9 Congenital malformation of urinary system, unspecified
Questions About This Category
Why are these codes POA exempt?
The codes for congenital malformations of the urinary system describe circumstances where the Present on Admission question has no meaning, so CMS exempts them from the indicator. The exemption is published in the official FY 2026 CMS exempt file.
How many codes in this range are exempt?
The FY 2026 exempt list contains 63 codes in this range, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.
Are these codes billable?
The exemption only removes the POA indicator requirement, it does not change how a code is used on claims. Billable status is shown per code: blue codes are billable, and any codes shown in the amber tone are category headers that need more characters.
More POA Exempt Categories
Source: CMS FY 2026 ICD-10-CM POA exempt file, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. See also the Medicare Code Edits and the MS-DRG list.
