ICD-10-CM · Chapter 17 · Q00–Q99
Q44.3
Congenital stenosis and stricture of bile ducts
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
Quick facts
- Code
- Q44.3
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 17 — Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
- Category
- Q44 — Congenital malformations of gallbladder, bile ducts and liver
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM Q44.3 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of congenital stenosis and stricture of bile ducts. 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 Q44
- Q44Congenital malformations of gallbladder, bile ducts and liver
- Q44.0Agenesis, aplasia and hypoplasia of gallbladder
- Q44.1Other congenital malformations of gallbladder
- Q44.2Atresia of bile ducts
- Q44.4Choledochal cyst
- Q44.5Other congenital malformations of bile ducts
- Q44.6Cystic disease of liver
- Q44.7Other congenital malformations of liver
- Q44.70Other congenital malformation of liver, unspecified
- Q44.71Alagille syndrome
- Q44.79Other congenital malformations of liver
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