K41.3
K41.3 — Unilateral femoral hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K41.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unilateral femoral 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.
- 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
Risk adjustment
K41.3 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead K41.3
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share K41. If K41.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about K41.3
- Is K41.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. K41.3 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does K41.3 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Hernia (K40-K46).