Q32.1 Other congenital malformations of trachea

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis. Exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting.

Applicable to

• Atresia of trachea
• Congenital anomaly of tracheal cartilage
• Congenital dilatation of trachea
• Congenital malformation of trachea
• Congenital stenosis of trachea
• Congenital tracheocele

Applies from Q32 Congenital malformations of trachea and bronchus

Excludes1 (never code together)

• congenital bronchiectasis (Q33.4)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 011-013 in MDC PRE.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 748.3 Other anomalies of larynx, trachea, and bronchus (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to Q32.1

Back-references to Q32

• Code Also: P28 Other respiratory conditions originating in the perinatal period (", if applicable, congenital malformations of the respiratory system (Q30-Q34)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Q32.1

• Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial) › trachea (cartilage), congenital
• Agenesis › trachea (cartilage)
• Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) › trachea (cartilage)
• Arrest, arrested › development or growth › tracheal rings
• Atresia, atretic › trachea
• Bifurcation (congenital) › trachea
• Deformity › trachea (rings) (congenital)
• Dilatation › trachea, congenital
• Displacement, displaced › trachea (congenital)
• Distortion (s) (congenital) › trachea (cartilage)
• Fistula (cutaneous) › trachea, congenital (external) (internal)
• Imperfect › closure (congenital) › trachea
• Malformation (congenital) › trachea
• Malposition › congenital › trachea
• Separation › tracheal ring, incomplete, congenital
• Stenosis, stenotic (cicatricial) › trachea › congenital
• Stricture › trachea › congenital
• Tracheocele (external) (internal) › congenital

Nearby codes

• Q32 Congenital malformations of trachea and bronchus
• Q32.0 Congenital tracheomalacia
• Q32.1 Other congenital malformations of trachea (this code)
• Q32.2 Congenital bronchomalacia
• Q32.3 Congenital stenosis of bronchus
• Q32.4 Other congenital malformations of bronchus