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Q43.7

Billable

Persistent cloaca

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

A birth defect where the cloaca (an embryonic structure) fails to divide properly, resulting in a common opening for the urinary, digestive, and reproductive systems.

Coding Tips

  • •Persistent cloaca is a complex malformation typically requiring multiple surgical procedures
  • •This condition is more common in females and often associated with other genitourinary and gastrointestinal anomalies

Code Hierarchy

└Q43Other congenital malformations of intestine└Q43.7Persistent cloaca
└Q43.7Persistent cloaca

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