K44
K44: Diaphragmatic hernia
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K44 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for diaphragmatic hernia. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with K44
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 K44
3 child codes. Green means billable.