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Q45

Q45: Other congenital malformations of digestive system

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Q45 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other congenital malformations of digestive system. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

  • congenital diaphragmatic hernia (Q79.0)
  • congenital hiatus hernia (Q40.1)

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 Q45

6 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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