Q44
Q44 — Congenital malformations of gallbladder, bile ducts and liver
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Q44 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for congenital malformations of gallbladder, bile ducts and liver. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with Q44
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at Q44. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading Q44 alone.
- K83.1Obstruction of bile duct
Risk adjustment
Q44 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead Q44
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- Q44.0Agenesis, aplasia and hypoplasia of gallbladder
- Q44.1Other congenital malformations of gallbladder
- Q44.2Atresia of bile ducts
- Q44.3Congenital stenosis and stricture of bile ducts
- Q44.4Choledochal cyst
- Q44.5Other congenital malformations of bile ducts
- Q44.6Cystic disease of liver
- Q44.7Other congenital malformations of liver
Questions about Q44
- Is Q44 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Q44 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Q44 sit in the tabular list?
- Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-QA0), in the block Other congenital malformations of the digestive system (Q38-Q45).