ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes K40-*. K40 Inguinal hernia K40.0 Bilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, ... K40.00 Bilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, ...
The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM K42.9 became effective on October 1, 2020. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K42.9 - other international versions of ICD-10 K42.9 may differ. Applicable To. Umbilical hernia NOS.
K40-K46 Hernia. A pelvic hernia through the obturator foramen, a large aperture in the hip bone normally covered by a membrane. Obturator hernia can lead to intestinal incarceration and intestinal obstruction. Applicable To: K45.1 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K45.1 Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1,...
Incisional hernia without obstruction or gangrene 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code K43.2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM K43.2 became effective on October 1, 2020.
ICD-10 Code for Inguinal hernia- K40- Codify by AAPC.
ICD-10-CM Code for Unilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, recurrent K40. 91.
Unspecified abdominal hernia without obstruction or gangrene K46. 9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM K46. 9 became effective on October 1, 2021.
K40. 90 - Unilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, not specified as recurrent. ICD-10-CM.
Indirect inguinal hernias are the most common type of groin hernia. Indirect inguinal hernias occur when abdominal content such as fat or bowel pushes down along the inguinal canal. What is the inguinal canal? It is the tunnel through which a man's vas deferens and testicular vessels travel down into the scrotum.
An inguinal hernia is a bulging of the contents of the abdomen through a weak area in the lower abdominal wall. Inguinal hernias can occur at either of two passages through the lower abdominal wall, one on each side of the groin. These passages are called inguinal canals.
An internal hernia (IH) is defined as the protrusion of abdominal viscera, most commonly small bowel loops, through a peritoneal or mesenteric aperture into a compartment in the abdominal and pelvic cavity (1-3).
A ventral hernia occurs when a weak spot in the abdomen enables abdominal tissue or an organ (such as an intestine) to protrude through a cavity muscle area. These hernias are visibly identified by a bulge in the belly area.
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K40 K40.
ICD-10 code: K40. 90 Unilateral or unspecified inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene Not specified as recurrent hernia.
Coding tip: Hybrid laparoscopic and open hernia repair Code 15734 is an open procedure. For more complicated laparoscopic hernia repair procedures that may include separation of components, report code 49659, Unlisted laparoscopy procedure, hernioplasty, herniorrhaphy, herniotomy.
Codes 49491–49651 describe unilateral hernia repair procedures; if performed bilaterally (same approach, same condition), append modifier 50 Bilateral procedure to the appropriate code to report bilateral hernia repair (e.g., bilateral recurrent inguinal hernias).
A protrusion of abdominal structures through the retaining abdominal wall. It involves two parts: an opening in the abdominal wall, and a hernia sac consisting of peritoneum and abdominal contents. Abdominal hernias include groin hernia (hernia, femoral; hernia, inguinal) and ventral hernia.
Hernia with both gangrene and obstruction is classified to hernia with gangrene. A protrusion of abdominal structures through the retaining abdominal wall. It involves two parts: an opening in the abdominal wall, and a hernia sac consisting of peritoneum and abdominal contents.
The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM K45 became effective on October 1, 2020.
Hernia with both gangrene and obstruction is classified to hernia with gangrene. A pelvic hernia through the obturator foramen, a large aperture in the hip bone normally covered by a membrane. Obturator hernia can lead to intestinal incarceration and intestinal obstruction.