Other specified congenital malformations of upper alimentary tract

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 Other specified congenital malformations of upper alimentary tract

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
Stump
Patent
Window
Aplasia
Missing
Aberrant
Immature
Patulous
Amputation
Impervious
Nonclosure
Nondescent
Transposed
Imperforate
Rudimentary
Undescended
Transposition
Disarticulation
Underdevelopment
Imperfect > fusion
Loss > organ or part
Pervious, congenital
Dislocation > partial
Open, opening > false
Termination > anomalous
Dislocation > incomplete
Heterotopia, heterotopic
Subluxation > congenital
Absence > toe > with foot
Fenestration, fenestrated
Prematurity NEC > extreme
Undeveloped, undevelopment
Absence > congenital > lumen
Birth > immature > extremely
Immature > birth > extremely
Absence > congenital > septum
Premature > newborn > extreme
Immaturity > organ or site NEC
Dislocation > vertebra > partial

Showing 40 of 79 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Q40.0	Congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis	Valid
Q40.1	Congenital hiatus hernia	Valid
Q40.2	Other specified congenital malformations of stomach	Valid
Q40.3	Congenital malformation of stomach, unspecified	Valid
Q40.9	Congenital malformation of upper alimentary tract, unspecified	Valid