K40.90Billable
Unilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, not specified as recurrent
Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system
Inclusion Terms
2 items
Inclusion Terms
- •Inguinal hernia NOS
- •Unilateral inguinal hernia NOS
Billable Code
K40.90 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 colon polyp grade 2 inguinal hernia
colon polyp grade 2 inguinal hernia
View TemplatesAdenomatous Polyp of Colon with Inguinal Hernia
View documentation for hernia
hernia
View TemplatesHernia
View documentation for hernia groin
hernia groin
View TemplatesHernia of the Groin
View documentation for hernia repair
hernia repair
View TemplatesPrimary
Hernia Repair Procedure
View documentation for history of hernia repair
history of hernia repair
View TemplatesHistory of Hernia Repair
View documentation for inguinal hernia
inguinal hernia
View TemplatesInguinal Hernia
View documentation for left inguinal hernia
left inguinal hernia
View TemplatesInguinal Hernia, Left
View documentation for left inguinoscrotal hernia
left inguinoscrotal hernia
View TemplatesUnilateral Inguinal Hernia without Obstruction or Gangrene
View documentation for right groin hernia
right groin hernia
View TemplatesUnilateral Inguinal Hernia
View documentation for right inguinal hernia
right inguinal hernia
View TemplatesUnilateral Inguinal Hernia, Right Side
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)