K40.40Billable
Unilateral inguinal hernia, with gangrene, not specified as recurrent
Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system
Inclusion Terms
2 items
Inclusion Terms
- •Inguinal hernia with gangrene NOS
- •Unilateral inguinal hernia with gangrene NOS
Billable Code
K40.40 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Referenced in Diagnoses
Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation
View documentation for bilateral inguinal hernia
bilateral inguinal hernia
View TemplatesBilateral Inguinal Hernia
Additional Information from Parent Codes
The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Includes
7 items
Includes
From K40:
- •bubonocele
- •direct inguinal hernia
- •double inguinal hernia
- •indirect inguinal hernia
- •inguinal hernia NOS
- •oblique inguinal hernia
- •scrotal hernia
Excludes2
8 items
Excludes2
From K00-K95:
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- •
- •congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- •endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- •injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- •neoplasms (C00-D49)
- •symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)