Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis. Exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting.
Applicable to
Fragilitas ossium
Osteopsathyrosis
Applies from Q78 Other osteochondrodysplasias
Excludes2 (not included here)
congenital myotonic chondrodystrophy (G71.13)
MS-DRG index
Defines the logic of DRG(s) 456-458 in MDC 08.
Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)
756.51 Osteogenesis imperfecta
Code annotations containing back-references to Q78.0
Back-references to Q78.0
Type 1 Excludes: M85 Other disorders of bone density and structure ("osteogenesis imperfecta (Q78.0)")
Back-references to Q78
Type 1 Excludes: M24.3 Pathological dislocation of joint, not elsewhere classified ("congenital dislocation or displacement of joint- see congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system (Q65-Q79)")
Type 2 Excludes: M95 Other acquired deformities of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue ("congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system (Q65-Q79)")
Diagnosis Index entries for Q78.0
Adair-Dighton syndrome (brittle bones and blue sclera, deafness)
Blue › sclera › with fragility of bone and deafness
Brittle › bones disease
Deafness (acquired) (complete) (hereditary) (partial) › with blue sclera and fragility of bone
Deafness (acquired) (complete) (hereditary) (partial) › congenital › with blue sclera and fragility of bone
Disease, diseased › Eddowes' (brittle bones and blue sclera)
Disease, diseased › Lobstein's (brittle bones and blue sclera)