ICD-10-CM › K00-K95 › K40-K46 › K40.2 Bilateral inguinal hernia, without... › K40.21
Bilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, recurrent
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Bilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, recurrent
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.
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Phagedena
- Sloughing
- Sphacelus
- Bubonocele
- Enterocele
- Epiplocele
- Herniation
- Mortification
- Sarcoepiplocele
- Richter's hernia
- Littre's > hernia
- Necrosis, necrotic
- Pemphigus > gangrenous
- Cellulitis > gangrenous
- Hernia, hernial > colon
- Hernia, hernial > direct
- Hernia, hernial > double
- Hernia, hernial > oblique
- Hernia, hernial > omental
- Hernia, hernial > sliding
- Hernia, hernial > appendix
- Hernia, hernial > external
- Hernia, hernial > indirect
- Hernia, hernial > internal
- Hernia, hernial > Littre's
- Hernia, hernial > Richter's
- Hernia, hernial > mesenteric
- Gangrene, gangrenous > hernia
- Hernia, hernial > irreducible
- Hernia, hernial > obstructive
- Dropsy, dropsical > gangrenous
- Hernia, hernial > incarcerated
- Hernia, hernial > interstitial
- Hernia, hernial > strangulated
- Rupture, ruptured > obstructed
- Hernia, hernial > with > gangrene
- Hernia, hernial > intra-abdominal
- Hernia, hernial > scrotum, scrotal
- Hernia, hernial > with > irreducible
- Hernia, hernial > with > obstruction
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Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| K40.20 | Bilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, not specified as recurrent | Valid |