Parastomal hernia without obstruction or gangrene

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Parastomal hernia without obstruction or gangrene
FY2019 Description revised ~~Parastomal hernia without obstruction or gangrene~~ Parastomal 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 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
Herniation
Mortification
Sarcoepiplocele
Necrosis, necrotic
Pemphigus > gangrenous
Cellulitis > gangrenous
Gangrene, gangrenous > hernia
Hernia, hernial > irreducible
Hernia, hernial > obstructive
Dropsy, dropsical > gangrenous
Hernia, hernial > incarcerated
Hernia, hernial > strangulated
Rupture, ruptured > obstructed
Hernia, hernial > with > gangrene
Hernia, hernial > with > irreducible
Hernia, hernial > with > obstruction
Incarceration, incarcerated > hernia
Strangulation, strangulated > hernia
Incarceration, incarcerated > rupture
Strangulation, strangulated > rupture
Hernia, hernial > with > incarceration
Hernia, hernial > with > strangulation
Hernia, hernial > intestine, intestinal
Hernia, hernial > irreducible > with gangrene
Hernia, hernial > obstructive > with gangrene
Hernia, hernial > incarcerated > with gangrene
Hernia, hernial > strangulated > with gangrene
Rupture, ruptured > nontraumatic, meaning hernia
Strangulation, strangulated > stomach due to hernia
Incarceration, incarcerated > hernia > with gangrene
Strangulation, strangulated > hernia > with gangrene
Strangulation, strangulated > intestine > with hernia
Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive > fecal > with hernia
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > gangrenous
Strangulation, strangulated > stomach due to hernia > with gangrene
Strangulation, strangulated > intestine > with hernia > with gangrene
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > skin > with gangrene

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Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
K43.0	Incisional hernia with obstruction, without gangrene	Valid
K43.1	Incisional hernia with gangrene	Valid
K43.2	Incisional hernia without obstruction or gangrene	Valid
K43.3	Parastomal hernia with obstruction, without gangrene	Valid
K43.4	Parastomal hernia with gangrene	Valid
K43.6	Other and unspecified ventral hernia with obstruction, without gangrene	Valid
K43.7	Other and unspecified ventral hernia with gangrene	Valid
K43.9	Ventral hernia without obstruction or gangrene	Valid