Q39.0 — Atresia of esophagus without fistula
Q39.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for atresia of esophagus without fistula. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Atresia of esophagus NOS
Risk adjustment
Q39.0 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Q39.0 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies — 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56389Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Visualization
- A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
- A57063Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
- A57414Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (Diagnostic and Therapeutic)
How Q39.0 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Q39.0.
- Atresia, atretic›esophagus
- Atresia, atretic›gullet
- Imperforate›esophagus
- Impervious›esophagus
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Q39. If Q39.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Q39.1Atresia of esophagus with tracheo-esophageal fistula
- Q39.2Congenital tracheo-esophageal fistula without atresia
- Q39.3Congenital stenosis and stricture of esophagus
- Q39.4Esophageal web
- Q39.5Congenital dilatation of esophagus
- Q39.6Congenital diverticulum of esophagus
- Q39.8Other congenital malformations of esophagus
- Q39.9Congenital malformation of esophagus, unspecified
Questions about Q39.0
- Is Q39.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Q39.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Q39.0 sit in the tabular list?
- Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-QA0), in the block Other congenital malformations of the digestive system (Q38-Q45).