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
Accessory liver
Congenital absence of liver
Congenital hepatomegaly
Applies from Q44.7 Other congenital malformations of liver
Code also
, if applicable, associated malformations affecting other systems
MS-DRG index
Defines the logic of DRG(s) 441-443 in MDC 07.
Diagnosis Index entries for Q44.79
Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial) › liver (congenital)
Accessory (congenital) › liver
Agenesis › hepatic
Agenesis › liver
Distortion (s) (congenital) › liver
Duplication, duplex › liver
Hepatomegaly › congenital
Hyperplasia, hyperplastic › liver (congenital)
Hypertrophy, hypertrophic › liver › congenital
Hypoplasia, hypoplastic › liver
Lobulation (congenital) › liver, abnormal
Malposition › congenital › liver
Riedel's › lobe, liver
Nearby codes
Q44.5 Other congenital malformations of bile ducts