Unspecified abdominal 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 3 more specific codes instead:

K46.0 Unspecified abdominal hernia with obstruction, without gangrene
K46.1 Unspecified abdominal hernia with gangrene
K46.9 Unspecified abdominal hernia without obstruction or gangrene

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 Unspecified abdominal 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.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

vaginal enterocele (N81.5)

Includes

enterocele
epiplocele
hernia NOS
interstitial hernia
intestinal hernia
intra-abdominal 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.