Q43.3 is the authoritative medical code for Congenital malformations of intestinal fixation. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for congenital malformations of intestinal fixation (ICD-10-CM Q43.3), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Congenital malformations of intestinal fixation is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code Q43.3. 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.
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for Q43.3 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Inclusion Terms
Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.
- 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
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance
What conditions are included under Q43.3?
Congenital malformations of intestinal fixation includes: Congenital omental, anomalous adhesions [bands]; Congenital peritoneal adhesions [bands]; Incomplete rotation of cecum and colon; Insufficient rotation of cecum and colon; Jackson's membrane.
Codes in This Family (10)
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as Q43.3, with their registry titles.
- Q43 — Other congenital malformations of intestine
- 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
Indexed Clinical Terms (35)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective), congenital, omental, anomalous
- Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective), congenital, peritoneal
- Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective), peritoneum, peritoneal (postinfective), congenital
- Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type), fixation, intestine
- Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type), intestine (large) (small), with anomalous adhesions, fixation or malrotation
- Band (s), anomalous or congenital, intestine
- Band (s), anomalous or congenital, omentum
- Band (s), periappendiceal, congenital
- Chilaiditi's syndrome (subphrenic displacement, colon)
- Displacement, displaced, colon (congenital)
- Failure, failed, rotation, cecum
- Failure, failed, rotation, colon
- Failure, failed, rotation, intestine
- Imperfect, rotation, intestine
- Incomplete, rotation, intestine
- Jackson's, membrane
- Jackson's, veil
- Lane's, band
- Malposition, congenital, intestine (large) (small), with anomalous adhesions, fixation or malrotation
- Malrotation, cecum
- Malrotation, colon
- Malrotation, intestine
- Membrane, membranous (s), Jackson's
- Mobile, mobility, cecum
- Nondescent (congenital), cecum
- Nondescent (congenital), colon
- Rotation, anomalous, incomplete or insufficient, intestine
- Rotation, cecum (congenital)
- Rotation, colon (congenital)
- Syndrome, Chilaiditi's
- Syndrome, subphrenic interposition
- Undescended, cecum
- Undescended, colon
- Universal mesentery
- Veil, Jackson's
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