Other specified congenital malformations of intestine
Billable / specificPOA exempt
Q43.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Congenital blind loop syndrome
- Congenital diverticulitis, colon
- Congenital diverticulum, intestine
- Dolichocolon
- Megaloappendix
- Megaloduodenum
- Microcolon
- Transposition of appendix
- Transposition of colon
- Transposition of intestine
Includes (from Q43)
- Note: Codes from this chapter are not for use on maternal records
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
Also known as
- Congenital blind loop syndrome
- Congenital diverticulitis, colon
- Congenital diverticulum, intestine
- Dolichocolon
- Megaloappendix
- Megaloduodenum
- Microcolon
- Transposition of appendix
- Transposition of colon
- Transposition of intestine
- Anomaly, anomalous, appendix
- Anomaly, anomalous, jejunum
- Appendage, intestine
- Blind, loop syndrome, congenital
- Cyst, enterogenous
- Disease, diseased, microvillus, atrophy
- Disease, diseased, microvillus, inclusion
- Displacement, displaced, appendix, retrocecal
- Diverticulitis, intestine, congenital
- Diverticulum, diverticula, cecum, congenital
- Diverticulum, diverticula, colon, congenital
- Diverticulum, diverticula, duodenum, congenital
- Diverticulum, diverticula, rectosigmoid, congenital
- Diverticulum, diverticula, sigmoid, congenital
Parent code
- Q43Other congenital malformations of intestineHeader
Related codes
- Q43.0Meckel's diverticulum (displaced) (hypertrophic)Billable
- Q43.1Hirschsprung's diseaseBillable
- Q43.2Other congenital functional disorders of colonBillable
- Q43.3Congenital malformations of intestinal fixationBillable
- Q43.4Duplication of intestineBillable
- Q43.5Ectopic anusBillable
- Q43.6Congenital fistula of rectum and anusBillable
- Q43.7Persistent cloacaBillable
- Q43.9Congenital malformation of intestine, unspecifiedBillable