ICD-10-CM Code K41.3
Unilateral femoral hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene
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 K41.3 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of K41.3 that describes the diagnosis 'unilateral femoral hernia, with obstruction, w/o gangrene' in more detail.
The ICD code K41 is used to code Femoral hernia
A hernia is caused by the protrusion of a viscus (in the case of groin hernias, an intraabdominal organ) through a weakness in the containing wall. This weakness may be inherent, as in the case of inguinal, femoral and umbilical hernias. On the other hand, the weakness may be caused by surgical incision through the muscles of the abdominal/thoracic wall. Hernias occurring through these are called incisional hernias.
Specialty: | Gastroenterology |
MeSH Codes: | , D006547, D006547, D006547, D006547, D006547, D006547, D006547, D006547 |
ICD 9 Codes: | 553.0, 550, 551, 552, 553, 550, 551, 552, 553 |
Coding Notes for K41.3 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Inclusion Terms:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion Terms are a list of concepts for which a specific code is used. The list of Inclusion Terms is useful for determining the correct code in some cases, but the list is not necessarily exhaustive. - Femoral hernia (unilateral) causing obstruction, without gangrene
- Incarcerated femoral hernia (unilateral), without gangrene
- Irreducible femoral hernia (unilateral), without gangrene
- Strangulated femoral hernia (unilateral), without gangrene
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'K41.3 - Unilateral femoral hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene'
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Parent Code: K41 - Femoral hernia