Q39.8 Other congenital malformations 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 absence of esophagus
• Congenital displacement of esophagus
• Congenital duplication of esophagus

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)

Diagnosis Index entries for Q39.8

• Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial) › esophagus (congenital)
• Agenesis › esophagus
• Cyst (colloid) (mucous) (simple) (retention) › congenital NEC › esophagus
• Displacement, displaced › esophageal mucosa into cardia of stomach, congenital
• Displacement, displaced › esophagus (acquired) › congenital
• Duplication, duplex › esophagus
• Fusion, fused (congenital) › trachea and esophagus
• Hypoplasia, hypoplastic › esophagus (congenital)
• Malformation (congenital) › esophagus › specified type NEC
• Short, shortening, shortness › esophagus (congenital)

Nearby codes

• 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
• Q39.8 Other congenital malformations of esophagus (this code)
• Q39.9 Congenital malformation of esophagus, unspecified