POA Exempt: Other congenital malformations (Q80-Q89) ICD-10-CM
The 81 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 81 codes · 9 categories
Q80 Congenital ichthyosis7 codes
Q81 Epidermolysis bullosa5 codes
Q82 Other congenital malformations of skin9 codes
- Q82.0 Hereditary lymphedema
- Q82.1 Xeroderma pigmentosum
- Q82.2 Congenital cutaneous mastocytosis
- Q82.3 Incontinentia pigmenti
- Q82.4 Ectodermal dysplasia (anhidrotic)
- Q82.5 Congenital non-neoplastic nevus
- Q82.6 Congenital sacral dimple
- Q82.8 Other specified congenital malformations of skin
- Q82.9 Congenital malformation of skin, unspecified
Q83 Congenital malformations of breast6 codes
Q84 Other congenital malformations of integument9 codes
- Q84.0 Congenital alopecia
- Q84.1 Congenital morphological disturbances of hair, not elsewhere classified
- Q84.2 Other congenital malformations of hair
- Q84.3 Anonychia
- Q84.4 Congenital leukonychia
- Q84.5 Enlarged and hypertrophic nails
- Q84.6 Other congenital malformations of nails
- Q84.8 Other specified congenital malformations of integument
- Q84.9 Congenital malformation of integument, unspecified
Q85 Phakomatoses, not elsewhere classified11 codes
- Q85.00 Neurofibromatosis, unspecified
- Q85.01 Neurofibromatosis, type 1
- Q85.02 Neurofibromatosis, type 2
- Q85.03 Schwannomatosis
- Q85.09 Other neurofibromatosis
- Q85.1 Tuberous sclerosis
- Q85.81 PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome
- Q85.82 Other Cowden syndrome
- Q85.83 Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
- Q85.89 Other phakomatoses, not elsewhere classified
- Q85.9 Phakomatosis, unspecified
Q86 Congenital malformation syndromes due to known exogenous causes, not elsewhere classified4 codes
Q87 Other specified congenital malformation syndromes affecting multiple systems20 codes
- Q87.0 Congenital malformation syndromes predominantly affecting facial appearance
- Q87.11 Prader-Willi syndrome
- Q87.19 Other congenital malformation syndromes predominantly associated with short stature
- Q87.2 Congenital malformation syndromes predominantly involving limbs
- Q87.3 Congenital malformation syndromes involving early overgrowth
- Q87.40 Marfan syndrome, unspecified
- Q87.410 Marfan syndrome with aortic dilation
- Q87.418 Marfan syndrome with other cardiovascular manifestations
- Q87.42 Marfan syndrome with ocular manifestations
- Q87.43 Marfan syndrome with skeletal manifestation
- Q87.5 Other congenital malformation syndromes with other skeletal changes
- Q87.81 Alport syndrome
- Q87.82 Arterial tortuosity syndrome
- Q87.83 Bardet-Biedl syndrome
- Q87.84 Laurence-Moon syndrome
- Q87.85 MED13L syndrome
- Q87.86 Kleefstra syndrome
- Q87.87 Hao-Fountain Syndrome
- Q87.88 CTNNB1 syndrome
- Q87.89 Other specified congenital malformation syndromes, not elsewhere classified
Q89 Other congenital malformations, not elsewhere classified10 codes
- Q89.01 Asplenia (congenital)
- Q89.09 Congenital malformations of spleen
- Q89.1 Congenital malformations of adrenal gland
- Q89.2 Congenital malformations of other endocrine glands
- Q89.3 Situs inversus
- Q89.4 Conjoined twins
- Q89.7 Multiple congenital malformations, not elsewhere classified
- Q89.81 Kabuki syndrome
- Q89.89 Other specified congenital malformations
- Q89.9 Congenital malformation, unspecified
Questions About This Category
Why are these codes POA exempt?
The codes for other congenital malformations 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 81 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.
