Atresia of esophagus with tracheo-esophageal fistula

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Atresia of esophagus with tracheo-esophageal fistula

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Cleft
Patent
Window
Missing
Patulous
Amputation
Impervious
Nonclosure
Imperforate
Imperfect > fusion
Loss > organ or part
Pervious, congenital
Open, opening > false
Absence > toe > with foot
Fenestration, fenestrated
Absence > congenital > lumen
Absence > congenital > septum
Valve, valvular > congenital NEC
Closure > defective or imperfect NEC
Blind > tract or tube, congenital NEC
Nonunion > organ or site, congenital NEC
Stricture > organ or site, congenital NEC
Constriction > organ or site, congenital NEC
Obliteration > organ or site, congenital NEC
Block, blocked > organ or site, congenital NEC
Stenosis, stenotic > organ or site, congenital NEC
Occlusion, occluded > organ or site, congenital NEC
Open, opening > abnormal, organ or site, congenital
Strangulation, strangulated > organ or site, congenital NEC
Contraction, contracture, contracted > organ or site, congenital NEC
Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive > organ or site, congenital NEC
Impervious > esophagus > with tracheoesophageal fistula
Imperforate > esophagus > with tracheoesophageal fistula
Atresia, atretic > gullet > with tracheoesophageal fistula
Fistula > esophagus > congenital > with atresia of esophagus
Atresia, atretic > esophagus > with tracheoesophageal fistula
Fistula > esophagotracheal > congenital > with atresia of esophagus
Fistula > bronchoesophageal > congenital > with atresia of esophagus
Fistula > esophagobronchial > congenital > with atresia of esophagus
Fistula > tracheoesophageal > congenital > with atresia of esophagus

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Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Q39.0	Atresia of esophagus without fistula	Valid
Q39.2	Congenital tracheo-esophageal fistula without atresia	Valid
Q39.3	Congenital stenosis and stricture of esophagus	Valid
Q39.4	Esophageal web	Valid
Q39.5	Congenital dilatation of esophagus	Valid
Q39.6	Congenital diverticulum of esophagus	Valid
Q39.8	Other congenital malformations of esophagus	Valid
Q39.9	Congenital malformation of esophagus, unspecified	Valid