An incarcerated hernia or obstructed hernia is one in which the tissues have become trapped. This is also called a non-reducible hernia and is very serious because it may lead to intestine or tissue strangulation.
Incarcerated ventral hernia was defined as irreducible hernia associated with symptoms of bowel obstruction, yet with no compromise of the blood supply of the bowel. Strangulated hernia presented with partial or complete interruption of the blood supply of the intestine.
Hernia repairCPT codeDescriptor2017 total RVU49561Repair initial incisional or ventral hernia; incarcerated or strangulated26.9149565Repair recurrent incisional or ventral hernia; reducible22.2249566Repair recurrent incisional or ventral hernia; incarcerated or strangulated27.1540 more rows•Apr 1, 2017
A hernia is considered incarcerated if the hernia cannot be massaged back into the original cavity. Incarcerated inguinal hernias usually cause swelling in the groin region, and some may show redness.
Definition of incarceration : confinement in a jail or prison : the act of imprisoning someone or the state of being imprisoned Despite the drop in crime in past decades, rates of arrest and incarceration in New York City have not gone down.—
Hernias are classified as reducible when the contents within the hernia can be placed intra-abdominally through the layers of the abdominal wall. If the contents of the hernia are not able to be reduced, the hernia is considered incarcerated.
ICD-10-CM Code for Unspecified abdominal hernia without obstruction or gangrene K46. 9.
A ventral hernia is a hernia that occurs at any location along the midline (vertical center) of the abdomen wall.