K40.0
K40.0: Bilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMbilateral
K40.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for bilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Inguinal hernia (bilateral) causing obstruction without gangrene
- Incarcerated inguinal hernia (bilateral) without gangrene
- Irreducible inguinal hernia (bilateral) without gangrene
- Strangulated inguinal hernia (bilateral) without gangrene
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead K40.0
2 child codes. Green means billable.