K44.0Billable
Diaphragmatic hernia with obstruction, without gangrene
Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system
Inclusion Terms
4 items
Inclusion Terms
- •Diaphragmatic hernia causing obstruction
- •Incarcerated diaphragmatic hernia
- •Irreducible diaphragmatic hernia
- •Strangulated diaphragmatic hernia
Billable Code
K44.0 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 hiatal hernia
hiatal hernia
View TemplatesHiatal Hernia
View documentation for large hiatal hernia
large hiatal hernia
View TemplatesLarge Hiatal 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
2 items
Includes
From K44:
- •hiatus hernia (esophageal) (sliding)
- •paraesophageal 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)