Q43.3 Congenital malformations of intestinal fixation

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 omental, anomalous adhesions [bands]
• Congenital peritoneal adhesions [bands]
• Incomplete rotation of cecum and colon
• Insufficient rotation of cecum and colon
• Jackson's membrane
• Malrotation of colon
• Rotation failure of cecum and colon
• Universal mesentery

Risk adjustment (HCC)

• CMS-HCC V28: HCC 78 — Intestinal Obstruction/Perforation

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 393-395 in MDC 06.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 751.4 Anomalies of intestinal fixation

Diagnosis Index entries for Q43.3

• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › congenital › omental, anomalous
• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › congenital › peritoneal
• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › peritoneum, peritoneal (postinfective) › congenital
• Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) › fixation, intestine
• Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) › intestine (large) (small) › with anomalous adhesions, fixation or malrotation
• Band (s) › anomalous or congenital › intestine
• Band (s) › anomalous or congenital › omentum
• Band (s) › periappendiceal, congenital
• Chilaiditi's syndrome (subphrenic displacement, colon)
• Displacement, displaced › colon (congenital)
• Failure, failed › rotation › cecum
• Failure, failed › rotation › colon
• Failure, failed › rotation › intestine
• Imperfect › rotation, intestine
• Incomplete › rotation, intestine
• Jackson's › membrane
• Jackson's › veil
• Lane's › band
• Malposition › congenital › intestine (large) (small) › with anomalous adhesions, fixation or malrotation
• Malrotation › cecum
• Malrotation › colon
• Malrotation › intestine
• Membrane (s), membranous › Jackson's
• Mobile, mobility › cecum
• Nondescent (congenital) › cecum
• Nondescent (congenital) › colon
• Rotation › anomalous, incomplete or insufficient, intestine
• Rotation › cecum (congenital)
• Rotation › colon (congenital)
• Syndrome › Chilaiditi's
• Syndrome › subphrenic interposition
• Undescended › cecum
• Undescended › colon
• Universal mesentery
• Veil › Jackson's

Nearby codes

• Q43 Other congenital malformations of intestine
• Q43.0 Meckel's diverticulum (displaced) (hypertrophic)
• Q43.1 Hirschsprung's disease
• Q43.2 Other congenital functional disorders of colon
• Q43.3 Congenital malformations of intestinal fixation (this code)
• Q43.4 Duplication of intestine
• Q43.5 Ectopic anus
• Q43.6 Congenital fistula of rectum and anus
• Q43.7 Persistent cloaca
• Q43.8 Other specified congenital malformations of intestine