Q39.6 Congenital diverticulum of esophagus

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

• Congenital esophageal pouch

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 368-370 in MDC 06.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 750.4 Other specified anomalies of esophagus (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to Q39.6

Back-references to Q39.6

• Type 1 Excludes: K22.5 Diverticulum of esophagus, acquired ("diverticulum of esophagus (congenital) (Q39.6)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Q39.6

• Diverticulum, diverticula (multiple) › esophagus (congenital)
• Diverticulum, diverticula (multiple) › pharyngoesophageal (congenital)
• Pouch › esophagus, esophageal, congenital

Nearby codes

• Q39.1 Atresia of esophagus with tracheo-esophageal fistula
• Q39.2 Congenital tracheo-esophageal fistula without atresia
• Q39.3 Congenital stenosis and stricture of esophagus
• Q39.4 Esophageal web
• Q39.5 Congenital dilatation of esophagus
• Q39.6 Congenital diverticulum of esophagus (this code)
• Q39.8 Other congenital malformations of esophagus
• Q39.9 Congenital malformation of esophagus, unspecified