Other congenital malformations of abdominal wall

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 2 more specific codes instead:

Q79.51 Congenital hernia of bladder
Q79.59 Other congenital malformations of abdominal wall

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other congenital malformations of abdominal wall

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 Q79 Congenital malformations of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified

Excludes2 - not included here

congenital (sternomastoid) torticollis (Q68.0)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Q79.0	Congenital diaphragmatic hernia	Valid
Q79.1	Other congenital malformations of diaphragm	Valid
Q79.2	Exomphalos	Valid
Q79.3	Gastroschisis	Valid
Q79.4	Prune belly syndrome	Valid
Q79.6	Ehlers-Danlos syndromes	Not billable
Q79.8	Other congenital malformations of musculoskeletal system	Valid
Q79.9	Congenital malformation of musculoskeletal system, unspecified	Valid