Congenital malformation of digestive system, unspecified

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 Congenital malformation of digestive system, unspecified

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from Q45 Other congenital malformations of digestive system

Excludes2 - not included here

congenital diaphragmatic hernia (Q79.0)
congenital hiatus hernia (Q40.1)

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
Extra
Fused
Patent
Trifid
Triple
Window
Aplasia
Aberrant
Patulous
Abnormity
Asymmetry
Dysplasia
Additional
Lobulation
Nonclosure
Nondescent
Fold, folds
Rudimentary
Undescended
Malformation
Triplication
Transposition
Birth > defect
Maldevelopment
Septum, septate
Union, abnormal
Imperfect > fusion
Vestige, vestigial
Duplication, duplex
Lesion > congenital
Pervious, congenital
Elongated, elongation
Open, opening > false
Termination > anomalous
Heterotopia, heterotopic
Implantation > anomalous
Segmentation, incomplete
Subluxation > congenital
Congenital > malformation

Showing 40 of 104 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Q45.0	Agenesis, aplasia and hypoplasia of pancreas	Valid
Q45.1	Annular pancreas	Valid
Q45.2	Congenital pancreatic cyst	Valid
Q45.3	Other congenital malformations of pancreas and pancreatic duct	Valid
Q45.8	Other specified congenital malformations of digestive system	Valid