Q26.5 — Anomalous portal venous connection
Is Q26.5 billable?
Yes — Q26.5 is billable for FY2027. Q26.5 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. Q26.5 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
Q26.5 at a glance
| Code | Q26.5 |
|---|---|
| Description | Anomalous portal venous connection |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does Q26.5 group to?
Q26.5 sits in MDC 05 and helps define the logic of 3 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 299Peripheral Vascular Disorders with MCCmedical
- 300Peripheral Vascular Disorders with CCmedical
- 301Peripheral Vascular Disorders without CC/MCCmedical
How is Q26.5 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to Q26.5. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Anomaly, anomalous › portal vein (congenital) (unspecified type)
- Absence › veincongenital NEC › portal (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial)
- Agenesis › vein › portal
- Anomaly, anomalous › connection › portal vein (congenital) (unspecified type)
- Anomaly, anomalous › portal vein › connection (congenital) (unspecified type)
- Atresia, atretic › vein NEC › portal
- Malformation › great › vein › anomalous › portal venous connection (congenital)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 17
The conditions below are not part of Q26.5, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, Q26.5 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- inborn errors of metabolism (E70-E88)
How long has Q26.5 existed?
Q26.5 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
What other codes are in the Q26 family? (8)
- Q26.0Congenital stenosis of vena cava
- Q26.1Persistent left superior vena cava
- Q26.2Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection
- Q26.3Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection
- Q26.4Anomalous pulmonary venous connection, unspecified
- Q26.6Portal vein-hepatic artery fistula
- Q26.8Other congenital malformations of great veins
- Q26.9Congenital malformation of great vein, unspecified