Q41
Q41: Congenital absence, atresia and stenosis of small intestine
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Q41 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for congenital absence, atresia and stenosis of small intestine. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- congenital obstruction, occlusion or stricture of small intestine or intestine NOS
Other codes that can never be billed with Q41
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead Q41
5 child codes. Green means billable.
- Q41.0Congenital absence, atresia and stenosis of duodenum
- Q41.1Congenital absence, atresia and stenosis of jejunum
- Q41.2Congenital absence, atresia and stenosis of ileum
- Q41.8Congenital absence, atresia and stenosis of other specified parts of small intestine
- Q41.9Congenital absence, atresia and stenosis of small intestine, part unspecified