Q43.6
Congenital fistula of rectum and anus
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 5 never code together
Q43.6code
Excludes1
- congenital fistula of anus with absence, atresia and stenosis (Q42.2)Q42.2Q42.2
- congenital fistula of rectum with absence, atresia and stenosis (Q42.0)Q42.0Q42.0
- congenital rectovaginal fistula (Q52.2)Q52.2Q52.2
- congenital urethrorectal fistula (Q64.73)Q64.73Q64.73
- pilonidal fistula or sinus (L05.-)L05.-L05.-
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Instructional notes
No further instructional notes apply.
Index entries leading here 1
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 Q43.3 Congenital malformations of intestinal fixation Q43.4 Duplication of intestine Q43.5 Ectopic anus Q43.7 Persistent cloaca Q43.8 Other specified congenital malformations of intestine Q43.9 Congenital malformation of intestine, unspecified
Medications 1
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
Additional references
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