Q43.0 Meckel's diverticulum (displaced) (hypertrophic)

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting.

Applicable to

• Persistent omphalomesenteric duct
• Persistent vitelline duct

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 380-382 in MDC 06.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 751.0 Meckel's diverticulum

Code annotations containing back-references to Q43.0

Back-references to Q43.0

• Type 1 Excludes: C17.3 Meckel's diverticulum, malignant ("Meckel's diverticulum, congenital (Q43.0)")
• Type 1 Excludes: K57 Diverticular disease of intestine ("Meckel's diverticulum (Q43.0)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Q43.0

• Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) › omphalomesenteric duct
• Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) › vitelline duct
• Dilatation › Meckel's diverticulum (congenital)
• Displacement, displaced › Meckel's diverticulum
• Diverticulum, diverticula (multiple) › Meckel's (displaced) (hypertrophic)
• Hypertrophy, hypertrophic › Meckel's diverticulum (congenital)
• Imperfect › closure (congenital) › omphalomesenteric duct
• Imperfect › closure (congenital) › vitelline duct
• Meckel's diverticulitis, diverticulum (displaced) (hypertrophic)
• Omphalomesenteric duct, persistent
• Patent › omphalomesenteric duct
• Patent › vitelline duct
• Persistence, persistent (congenital) › Meckel's diverticulum
• Persistence, persistent (congenital) › omphalomesenteric duct
• Persistence, persistent (congenital) › vitelline duct
• Torsion › Meckel's diverticulum (congenital)
• Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative › Meckel's diverticulum
• Vitelline duct, persistent

Nearby codes

• Q43 Other congenital malformations of intestine
• Q43.0 Meckel's diverticulum (displaced) (hypertrophic) (this code)
• Q43.1 Hirschsprung's disease
• Q43.2 Other congenital functional disorders of colon
• Q43.3 Congenital malformations of intestinal fixation
• Q43.4 Duplication of intestine
• Q43.5 Ectopic anus