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Q43.3

Congenital malformations of intestinal fixation

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Instructional notes 8
Q43.3code
Inclusion terms
  • Congenital omental, anomalous adhesions [bands]
  • Congenital peritoneal adhesions [bands]
  • Incomplete rotation of cecum and colon
  • Insufficient rotation of cecum and colon
  • Jackson's membrane
  • Malrotation of colon
  • Rotation failure of cecum and colon
  • Universal mesentery
Index entries leading here 20
  • Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) K66.0
    • congenital — see also Anomaly, by site
    • peritoneum, peritoneal (postinfective) K66.0
  • Rotation
    • anomalous, incomplete or insufficient, intestine Q43.3
    • cecum (congenital) Q43.3
    • colon (congenital) Q43.3
  • Band (s)
    • anomalous or congenital — see also Anomaly, by site
    • periappendiceal, congenital Q43.3
  • Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) Q89.9
    • intestine (large) (small) Q43.9
      • with anomalous adhesions, fixation or malrotation Q43.3
    • fixation, intestine Q43.3
  • Lane's
  • Undescended — see also Malposition, congenital
  • Malrotation
  • Nondescent (congenital) — see also Malposition, congenital
  • Mobile, mobility
  • Failure, failed
  • Syndrome — see also Disease
    • Chilaiditi's Q43.3
    • subphrenic interposition Q43.3
  • Chilaiditi's syndrome (subphrenic displacement, colon) Q43.3
  • Displacement, displaced
    • colon (congenital) Q43.3
  • Malposition
    • congenital
      • intestine (large) (small) Q43.8
        • with anomalous adhesions, fixation or malrotation Q43.3
  • Imperfect
    • rotation, intestine Q43.3
  • Incomplete — see also condition
    • rotation, intestine Q43.3
  • Veil
  • Jackson's
  • Membrane (s) , membranous — see also condition
  • Universal mesentery Q43.3
Alongside this code 9 same parent — Q43
Q43.0 Meckel's diverticulum (displaced) (hypertrophic) Q43.1 Hirschsprung's disease Q43.2 Other congenital functional disorders of colon Q43.4 Duplication of intestine Q43.5 Ectopic anus Q43.6 Congenital fistula of rectum and anus Q43.7 Persistent cloaca Q43.8 Other specified congenital malformations of intestine Q43.9 Congenital malformation of intestine, unspecified
Additional references
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Risk adjustment

CMS28HCC78

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
Q43
Block
Q38-Q45
Siblings
9

Present FY2024–FY2027.