Bilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene
Non-billable header
K40.0 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Inguinal hernia (bilateral) causing obstruction without gangrene
- Incarcerated inguinal hernia (bilateral) without gangrene
- Irreducible inguinal hernia (bilateral) without gangrene
- Strangulated inguinal hernia (bilateral) without gangrene
Includes (from K40)
- acquired hernia
- congenital [except diaphragmatic or hiatus] hernia
- recurrent hernia
- bubonocele
- direct inguinal hernia
- double inguinal hernia
- indirect inguinal hernia
- inguinal hernia NOS
- oblique inguinal hernia
- scrotal hernia
- Note: Hernia with both gangrene and obstruction is classified to hernia with gangrene.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from K40)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K40)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K40)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K40)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K40)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K40)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K40)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K40)
Also known as
- Inguinal hernia (bilateral) causing obstruction without gangrene
- Incarcerated inguinal hernia (bilateral) without gangrene
- Irreducible inguinal hernia (bilateral) without gangrene
- Strangulated inguinal hernia (bilateral) without gangrene
Parent code
- K40Inguinal herniaHeader
More specific codes K40.0
Related codes
- K40.1Bilateral inguinal hernia, with gangreneHeader
- K40.2Bilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangreneHeader
- K40.3Unilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangreneHeader
- K40.4Unilateral inguinal hernia, with gangreneHeader
- K40.9Unilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangreneHeader