Q42
Q42: Congenital absence, atresia and stenosis of large intestine
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Q42 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for congenital absence, atresia and stenosis of large intestine. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- congenital obstruction, occlusion and stricture of large intestine
Other codes that can never be billed with Q42
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 Q42
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- Q42.0Congenital absence, atresia and stenosis of rectum with fistula
- Q42.1Congenital absence, atresia and stenosis of rectum without fistula
- Q42.2Congenital absence, atresia and stenosis of anus with fistula
- Q42.3Congenital absence, atresia and stenosis of anus without fistula
- Q42.8Congenital absence, atresia and stenosis of other parts of large intestine
- Q42.9Congenital absence, atresia and stenosis of large intestine, part unspecified