K45
K45: Other abdominal hernia
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K45 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other abdominal hernia. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- abdominal hernia, specified site NEC
- lumbar hernia
- obturator hernia
- pudendal hernia
- retroperitoneal hernia
- sciatic hernia
Other codes that can never be billed with K45
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 K45
3 child codes. Green means billable.