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K40.2

Bilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

  • K40.20 Bilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, not specified as recurrent
  • K40.21 Bilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, recurrent

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Bilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from K40 Inguinal hernia

Includes

  • bubonocele
  • direct inguinal hernia
  • double inguinal hernia
  • indirect inguinal hernia
  • inguinal hernia NOS
  • oblique inguinal hernia
  • scrotal hernia

Inherited from the K40-K46 section Hernia (K40-K46)

Includes

  • acquired hernia
  • congenital [except diaphragmatic or hiatus] hernia
  • recurrent hernia

Note

  • Hernia with both gangrene and obstruction is classified to hernia with gangrene.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
K40.0 Bilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene Not billable
K40.1 Bilateral inguinal hernia, with gangrene Not billable
K40.3 Unilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene Not billable
K40.4 Unilateral inguinal hernia, with gangrene Not billable
K40.9 Unilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene Not billable