Femoral hernia

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 6 more specific codes instead:

K41.0 Bilateral femoral hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene (also a header)
K41.1 Bilateral femoral hernia, with gangrene (also a header)
K41.2 Bilateral femoral hernia, without obstruction or gangrene (also a header)
K41.3 Unilateral femoral hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene (also a header)
K41.4 Unilateral femoral hernia, with gangrene (also a header)
K41.9 Unilateral femoral hernia, without obstruction or gangrene (also a header)

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Femoral hernia

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 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.