Q44.79
Q44.79: Other congenital malformations of liver
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Q44.79 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other congenital malformations of liver. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Q44.79 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Accessory liver
- Congenital absence of liver
- Congenital hepatomegaly
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Q44.79 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
- Absence›liver(congenital)
- Accessory›liver
- Agenesis›hepatic
- Agenesis›liver
- Distortion›liver
- Duplication, duplex›liver
- Hepatomegaly›congenital
- Hyperplasia, hyperplastic›liver(congenital)
- Hypoplasia, hypoplastic›liver
- Lobulation›liver, abnormal
- Riedel's›lobe, liver
- Hypertrophy, hypertrophic›liver›congenital
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.