ICD-10-CM · Chapter 17 · Q00–Q99
Q43.3
Congenital malformations of intestinal fixation
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
Quick facts
- Code
- Q43.3
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 17 — Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
- Category
- Q43 — Other congenital malformations of intestine
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM Q43.3 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of congenital malformations of intestinal fixation. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in Q43
- Q43Other congenital malformations of intestine
- Q43.0Meckel's diverticulum (displaced) (hypertrophic)
- Q43.1Hirschsprung's disease
- Q43.2Other congenital functional disorders of colon
- Q43.4Duplication of intestine
- Q43.5Ectopic anus
- Q43.6Congenital fistula of rectum and anus
- Q43.7Persistent cloaca
- Q43.8Other specified congenital malformations of intestine
- Q43.9Congenital malformation of intestine, unspecified
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