ICD-10-CM Code Q44.2
Atresia of bile ducts
Billable Code
Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.POA Exempt Code
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires medical coders to indicate whether or not a condition was present at the time of admission, in order to properly assign MS-DRG codes. This "Present On Admission" (POA) indicator is recorded on CMS form 4010A.Q44.2 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of atresia of bile ducts. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.
POA Indicators on CMS form 4010A are as follows:
| Indicator | Meaning | CMS Will Pay CC/MCC DRG Costs |
|---|---|---|
| Y | Diagnosis was present at time of inpatient admission | Yes |
| N | Diagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission | No |
| U | Documentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission. | No |
| W | Clinically undetermined. Provider unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission. | Yes |
| 1 | Exempt from POA reporting | No |
The ICD code Q442 is used to code Biliary atresia
Biliary atresia, also known as extrahepatic ductopenia and progressive obliterative cholangiopathy, is a childhood disease of the liver in which one or more bile ducts are abnormally narrow, blocked, or absent. It can be congenital or acquired. As a birth defect in newborn infants, it has an incidence of one in 10,000–15,000 live births in the United States, and a prevalence of one in 16,700 in the British Isles. Biliary atresia is most common in East Asia, with a frequency of one in 5,000.
| Specialty: | Medical Genetics |
| ICD 9 Code: | 751.61 |
Operative view of complete extrahepatic biliary atresia.
MS-DRG Mapping
- DRG Group #444-446 - Disorders of the biliary tract with MCC.
- DRG Group #444-446 - Disorders of the biliary tract with CC.
- DRG Group #444-446 - Disorders of the biliary tract without CC or MCC.
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'Q44.2 - Atresia of bile ducts'
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Equivalent ICD-9 Code GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)
This is the official approximate match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that while there is no exact mapping between this ICD10 code Q44.2 and a single ICD9 code, 751.61 is an approximate match for comparison and conversion purposes.
Parent Code: Q44 - Congenital malformations of gallbladder, bile ducts and liver