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Q43

Other congenital malformations of intestine

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 10 more specific codes instead:

  • Q43.0 Meckel's diverticulum (displaced) (hypertrophic)
  • Q43.1 Hirschsprung's disease
  • Q43.2 Other congenital functional disorders of colon
  • Q43.3 Congenital malformations of intestinal fixation
  • Q43.4 Duplication of intestine
  • Q43.5 Ectopic anus
  • Q43.6 Congenital fistula of rectum and anus
  • Q43.7 Persistent cloaca
  • Q43.8 Other specified congenital malformations of intestine
  • Q43.9 Congenital malformation of intestine, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other congenital malformations of intestine