Q44
Q44: Congenital malformations of gallbladder, bile ducts and liver
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Q44 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for congenital malformations of gallbladder, bile ducts and liver. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with Q44
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- K83.1Obstruction of bile duct
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 Q44
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- Q44.0Agenesis, aplasia and hypoplasia of gallbladder
- Q44.1Other congenital malformations of gallbladder
- Q44.2Atresia of bile ducts
- Q44.3Congenital stenosis and stricture of bile ducts
- Q44.4Choledochal cyst
- Q44.5Other congenital malformations of bile ducts
- Q44.6Cystic disease of liver
- Q44.7Other congenital malformations of liver