- Q44.5 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM Q44.5 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Q44.5 – other international versions of ICD-10 Q44.5 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Q44.5 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s):
- 441 Disorders of liver except malignancy, cirrhosis or alcoholic hepatitis with mcc
- 442 Disorders of liver except malignancy, cirrhosis or alcoholic hepatitis with cc
- 443 Disorders of liver except malignancy, cirrhosis or alcoholic hepatitis without cc/mcc
Applicable To
- Accessory hepatic duct
- Biliary duct duplication
- Congenital malformation of bile duct NOS
- Cystic duct duplication
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): No change
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to Q44.5:
- hepatic duct > Aberrant (congenital)
- bile, biliary duct, congenital > Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial)
- biliary duct or passage > Accessory (congenital)
- cystic duct > Accessory (congenital)
- hepatic ducts > Accessory (congenital)
- duct > liver Q44.7
- bile duct or passage > Agenesis
- biliary duct or passage > Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) Q89.9
- common duct > Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) Q89.9
- cystic duct > Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) Q89.9
- hepatic duct > Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) Q89.9
- duct > liver Q44.7
- bile duct (common) (congenital) (hepatic) > Deformity Q89.9
- biliary duct or passage (congenital) > Deformity Q89.9
- cystic duct (congenital) > Deformity Q89.9
- hepatic duct (congenital) > Deformity Q89.9
- congenital > common duct (acquired) K83.8
- congenital > cystic duct (acquired) K82.8
- bile duct or passage > Distortion (s) (congenital)
- common duct > Distortion (s) (congenital)
- cystic duct > Distortion (s) (congenital)
- hepatic duct > Distortion (s) (congenital)
- biliary duct (any) > Duplication, duplex
- cystic duct > Duplication, duplex
- common bile duct > Elongated, elongation (congenital)
- cystic duct > Elongated, elongation (congenital)
- cystic duct > Fistula (cutaneous) L98.8
- congenital > cystic duct Q44.5
- biliary duct or passage > Hypoplasia, hypoplastic
- bile duct > Malformation (congenital)
- biliary duct or passage > congenital Q89.1
- hepatic duct > congenital Q89.1
- common bile duct, congenital > Short, shortening, shortness
- cystic duct, congenital > Short, shortening, shortness
- congenital > bile duct (common) (hepatic) K83.8