K46.9
Unspecified abdominal hernia without obstruction or gangrene
This code does not map to a risk-adjusting HCC in the loaded models.
Coding notes
Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist
Abdominal hernia NOS
enterocele epiplocele hernia NOS interstitial hernia intestinal hernia intra-abdominal hernia
vaginal enterocele (N81.5)
acquired hernia congenital [except diaphragmatic or hiatus] hernia recurrent hernia
Hernia with both gangrene and obstruction is classified to hernia with gangrene.
certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) neoplasms (C00-D49) symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
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