ICD-10-CM Code K40
Inguinal hernia
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code K40 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the six child codes of K40 that describes the diagnosis 'inguinal hernia' in more detail.
- K40 Inguinal hernia NON-BILLABLE
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The ICD code K40 is used to code Inguinal hernia
An inguinal hernia is a protrusion of abdominal-cavity contents through the inguinal canal. Symptoms are present in about 66% of affected people. This may include pain or discomfort especially with coughing, exercise, or bowel movements. Often it gets worse throughout the day and improves when lying down. A bulging area may occur that becomes larger when bearing down. Inguinal hernias occur more often on the right than left side. The main concern is strangulation, where the blood supply to part of the bowel is blocked. This usually produces severe pain and tenderness of the area.
Specialty: | General Surgery |
MeSH Codes: | , D006547, D006547, D006547, D006547, D006547, D006547, D006547, D006547 |
ICD 9 Codes: | 550, 550, 551, 552, 553, 550, 551, 552, 553 |
Coding Notes for K40 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Includes Notes:
Includes
Includes notes further define, or give examples of, conditions included in the section. - Bubonocele
- Direct inguinal hernia
- Double inguinal hernia
- Indirect inguinal hernia
- Inguinal hernia NOS
- Oblique inguinal hernia
- Scrotal hernia