Q44.5
Q44.5: Other congenital malformations of bile ducts
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Q44.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other congenital malformations of bile ducts. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Q44.5 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Accessory hepatic duct
- Biliary duct duplication
- Congenital malformation of bile duct NOS
- Cystic duct duplication
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Q44.5 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Aberrant›hepatic duct
- Absence›bile, biliary duct, congenital
- Accessory›biliary duct or passage
- Accessory›cystic duct
- Accessory›hepatic ducts
- Agenesis›bile duct or passage
- Anomaly, anomalous›biliary duct or passage
- Anomaly, anomalous›common duct
- Anomaly, anomalous›cystic duct
- Anomaly, anomalous›hepatic duct
- Deformity›bile duct(common) (congenital) (hepatic)
- Deformity›biliary duct or passage(congenital)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.