Q43.8 Other specified congenital malformations of intestine

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 blind loop syndrome
• Congenital diverticulitis, colon
• Congenital diverticulum, intestine
• Dolichocolon
• Megaloappendix
• Megaloduodenum
• Microcolon
• Transposition of appendix
• Transposition of colon
• Transposition of intestine

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 751.5 Other anomalies of intestine (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to Q43.8

Back-references to Q43.8

• Type 1 Excludes: K57 Diverticular disease of intestine ("congenital diverticulum of intestine (Q43.8)")
• Type 1 Excludes: K90.2 Blind loop syndrome, not elsewhere classified ("congenital blind loop syndrome (Q43.8)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Q43.8

• Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) › appendix
• Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) › jejunum
• Appendage › intestine (epiploic)
• Blind › loop syndrome › congenital
• Cyst (colloid) (mucous) (simple) (retention) › enterogenous
• Disease, diseased › microvillus › atrophy
• Disease, diseased › microvillus › inclusion (MVD)
• Displacement, displaced › appendix, retrocecal (congenital)
• Diverticulitis (acute) › intestine › congenital
• Diverticulum, diverticula (multiple) › cecum › congenital
• Diverticulum, diverticula (multiple) › colon › congenital
• Diverticulum, diverticula (multiple) › duodenum › congenital
• Diverticulum, diverticula (multiple) › rectosigmoid › congenital
• Diverticulum, diverticula (multiple) › sigmoid › congenital
• Dolichocolon
• Elongated, elongation (congenital) › colon
• Excess, excessive, excessively › large › colon › congenital
• Fissure, fissured › anus, anal › congenital
• Formation › valve › colon, congenital
• Imperfect › closure (congenital) › alimentary tract NEC › lower
• Intussusception (bowel) (colon) (enteric) (ileocecal) (ileocolic) (intestine) ( rectum) › congenital
• Malformation (congenital) › intestine › specified type NEC
• Malposition › congenital › alimentary tract › lower
• Malposition › congenital › appendix
• Malposition › congenital › cecum
• Malposition › congenital › colon
• Malposition › congenital › digestive organ or tract NEC › lower
• Malposition › congenital › intestine (large) (small)
• Megaloappendix
• Megaloduodenum
• Microcolon (congenital)
• Microvillus inclusion disease (MVD) (MVID)
• MVD (microvillus inclusion disease)
• MVID (microvillus inclusion disease)
• Patulous › alimentary tract › lower
• Persistence, persistent (congenital) › pancreatic tissue in intestinal tract
• Redundant, redundancy › anus (congenital)
• Redundant, redundancy › colon (congenital)
• Redundant, redundancy › intestine (congenital)
• Redundant, redundancy › rectum (congenital)
• Redundant, redundancy › sigmoid (congenital)
• Syndrome › blind loop › congenital
• Telescoped bowel or intestine › congenital
• Transposition (congenital) › appendix
• Transposition (congenital) › colon
• Transposition (congenital) › intestine (large) (small)
• Volvulus (bowel) (colon) (intestine) › congenital
• Web, webbed (congenital) › duodenal

Nearby codes

• Q43.3 Congenital malformations of intestinal fixation
• 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 (this code)
• Q43.9 Congenital malformation of intestine, unspecified