K40.4
K40.4: Unilateral inguinal hernia, with gangrene
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K40.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unilateral inguinal hernia, with gangrene. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with K40.4
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- I96Gangrene, not elsewhere classified
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 K40.4
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Other codes under K40
- K40.0Bilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene
- K40.1Bilateral inguinal hernia, with gangrene
- K40.2Bilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene
- K40.3Unilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene
- K40.9Unilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene