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K46.9 - Unspecified abdominal hernia without obstruction or gangrene


The ICD 10 Code for Unspecified abdominal hernia without obstruction or gangrene is listed as K46.9.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: K46.9
Description: Unspecified abdominal hernia without obstruction or gangrene
  • Abdominal hernia NOS
  • Noninfective enteritis and colitis (K50-K52)
  • Includes: noninfective inflammatory bowel disease
  • Excludes1: irritable bowel syndrome (K58.-)
  • megacolon (K59.3)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
393 - Other Digestive System Diagnoses W Mcc
394 - Other Digestive System Diagnoses W Cc
395 - Other Digestive System Diagnoses W/o Cc/mcc
Chapter Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)
Block Hernia (K40-K46)
Parent K46 - Unspecified abdominal hernia
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 553.29 - Other ventral hernia without mention of obstruction or gangrene (approximate)
ICD 9 Dx Code: 553.9 - Hernia of unspecified site without mention of obstruction or gangrene (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of K46.9:
K46.0 - Unspecified abdominal hernia with obstruction, without gangrene
K46.1 - Unspecified abdominal hernia with gangrene