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ICD-10-CM Code K40
Inguinal hernia

NON-BILLABLE
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-10 from 2011 - 2016

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.


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
Source: Wikipedia

Coding Notes for K40 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

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

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