K46.0

K46.0: Unspecified abdominal hernia with obstruction, without gangrene

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K46.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unspecified abdominal hernia with obstruction, without gangrene. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Unspecified abdominal hernia causing obstruction
Unspecified incarcerated abdominal hernia
Unspecified irreducible abdominal hernia
Unspecified strangulated abdominal hernia

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above K46.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on K46: Unspecified abdominal hernia

vaginal enterocele (N81.5)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

K46.0 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Incarceration, incarcerated›enterocele
Incarceration, incarcerated›epiplocele
Incarceration, incarcerated›sarcoepiplocele
Hernia, hernial›abdomen, abdominal›with›obstruction

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.