Q44.1 Other congenital malformations of gallbladder

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 malformation of gallbladder NOS
• Intrahepatic gallbladder

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 441-443 in MDC 07.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 751.60 Unspecified anomaly of gallbladder, bile ducts, and liver (approximate)
• 751.69 Other anomalies of gallbladder, bile ducts, and liver (approximate)

Diagnosis Index entries for Q44.1

• Accessory (congenital) › gallbladder
• Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) › gallbladder (position) (shape) (size)
• Atresia, atretic › gallbladder
• Band (s) › gallbladder (congenital)
• Bifurcation (congenital) › gallbladder
• Contraction (s), contracture, contracted › hourglass › gallbladder › congenital
• Deformity › gallbladder (congenital)
• Displacement, displaced › gallbladder (congenital)
• Floating › gallbladder, congenital
• Inclusion › gallbladder in liver (congenital)
• Intrahepatic gallbladder
• Malposition › congenital › gallbladder
• Mobile, mobility › gallbladder, congenital
• Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive › gallbladder › congenital
• Occlusion, occluded › gallbladder › congenital (causing jaundice)
• Torsion › gallbladder › congenital
• Wandering › gallbladder, congenital

Nearby codes

• Q44 Congenital malformations of gallbladder, bile ducts and liver
• Q44.0 Agenesis, aplasia and hypoplasia of gallbladder
• Q44.1 Other congenital malformations of gallbladder (this code)
• Q44.2 Atresia of bile ducts
• Q44.3 Congenital stenosis and stricture of bile ducts
• Q44.4 Choledochal cyst
• Q44.5 Other congenital malformations of bile ducts
• Q44.6 Cystic disease of liver