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ICD-10/Z90.49

Z90.49 ICD-10-CM Code: Acquired absence of other specified parts of digestive tract

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43.0 (FY2026), Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 951 — OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH STATUS (MDC 23)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Code Set: Valid FY2026 and FY2027. FY2026 took effect October 1, 2025.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Acquired absence of other specified parts of digestive tract is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Z90.49).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for Z90.49 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Includes

Conditions the official ICD-10-CM tabular list includes under this code.

  • postprocedural or post-traumatic loss of body part NEC

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.

  • congenital absence - see Alphabetical Index

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

  • postprocedural absence of endocrine glands (E89.-)

Code Also

Additional codes that may be required to fully describe the encounter.

  • any follow-up examination (Z08-Z09)

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to Z90.49 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • Z90.3 — Acquired absence of stomach [part of]
  • Z90.4 — Acquired absence of other specified parts of digestive tract
  • Z90.41 — Acquired absence of pancreas
  • Z90.410 — Acquired total absence of pancreas
  • Z90.411 — Acquired partial absence of pancreas
  • Z90.5 — Acquired absence of kidney
  • Z90.6 — Acquired absence of other parts of urinary tract
  • Z90.7 — Acquired absence of genital organ(s)
  • Z90.71 — Acquired absence of cervix and uterus
  • Z90.710 — Acquired absence of both cervix and uterus

View all codes in the Z90 family

Indexed Clinical Terms (11)

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.

  • Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial), digestive organor tract, congenital (s), acquired NEC
  • Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial), duodenum (acquired)
  • Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial), esophagus (congenital), acquired (partial)
  • Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial), gallbladder (acquired)
  • Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial), ileum (acquired)
  • Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial), intestine (acquired) (small)
  • Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial), intestine (acquired) (small), large
  • Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial), jejunum (acquired)
  • Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial), rectum (congenital), acquired
  • Status (post), cholecystectomy
  • Status (post), colectomy (complete) (partial)