K46
K46: Unspecified abdominal hernia
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K46 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified abdominal hernia. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- vaginal enterocele (N81.5)
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- enterocele
- epiplocele
- hernia NOS
- interstitial hernia
- intestinal hernia
- intra-abdominal hernia
Other codes that can never be billed with K46
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 K46
3 child codes. Green means billable.