K42.1

Umbilical hernia with gangrene

Billable / specific

K42.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Gangrenous umbilical hernia

Includes (from K42)

  • acquired hernia
  • congenital [except diaphragmatic or hiatus] hernia
  • recurrent hernia
  • paraumbilical hernia
  • Note: Hernia with both gangrene and obstruction is classified to hernia with gangrene.

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from K42)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K42)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K42)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K42)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K42)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K42)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K42)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K42)

Also known as

  • Gangrenous umbilical hernia
  • Hernia, hernial, umbilicus, umbilical, with gangrene
  • Incarceration, incarcerated, exomphalos, gangrenous
  • Incarceration, incarcerated, sarcoepiplomphalocele, with gangrene

Parent code

  • K42Umbilical herniaHeader

Related codes

  • K42.0Umbilical hernia with obstruction, without gangreneBillable
  • K42.9Umbilical hernia without obstruction or gangreneBillable

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