Other and unspecified ventral hernia with obstruction, without gangrene
Billable / specific
K43.6 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
- Epigastric hernia causing obstruction, without gangrene
- Hypogastric hernia causing obstruction, without gangrene
- Incarcerated epigastric hernia without gangrene
- Incarcerated hypogastric hernia without gangrene
- Incarcerated midline hernia without gangrene
- Incarcerated spigelian hernia without gangrene
- Incarcerated subxiphoid hernia without gangrene
- Irreducible epigastric hernia without gangrene
- Irreducible hypogastric hernia without gangrene
- Irreducible midline hernia without gangrene
- Irreducible spigelian hernia without gangrene
- Irreducible subxiphoid hernia without gangrene
- Midline hernia causing obstruction, without gangrene
- Spigelian hernia causing obstruction, without gangrene
- Strangulated epigastric hernia without gangrene
- Strangulated hypogastric hernia without gangrene
- Strangulated midline hernia without gangrene
- Strangulated spigelian hernia without gangrene
- Strangulated subxiphoid hernia without gangrene
- Subxiphoid hernia causing obstruction, without gangrene
Includes (from K43)
- acquired hernia
- congenital [except diaphragmatic or hiatus] hernia
- recurrent 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 K43)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K43)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K43)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K43)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K43)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K43)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K43)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K43)
Also known as
- Epigastric hernia causing obstruction, without gangrene
- Hypogastric hernia causing obstruction, without gangrene
- Incarcerated epigastric hernia without gangrene
- Incarcerated hypogastric hernia without gangrene
- Incarcerated midline hernia without gangrene
- Incarcerated spigelian hernia without gangrene
- Incarcerated subxiphoid hernia without gangrene
- Irreducible epigastric hernia without gangrene
- Irreducible hypogastric hernia without gangrene
- Irreducible midline hernia without gangrene
- Irreducible spigelian hernia without gangrene
- Irreducible subxiphoid hernia without gangrene
- Midline hernia causing obstruction, without gangrene
- Spigelian hernia causing obstruction, without gangrene
- Strangulated epigastric hernia without gangrene
- Strangulated hypogastric hernia without gangrene
- Strangulated midline hernia without gangrene
- Strangulated spigelian hernia without gangrene
- Strangulated subxiphoid hernia without gangrene
- Subxiphoid hernia causing obstruction, without gangrene
- Hernia, hernial, ventral, with obstruction
Parent code
- K43Ventral herniaHeader
Related codes
- K43.0Incisional hernia with obstruction, without gangreneBillable
- K43.1Incisional hernia with gangreneBillable
- K43.2Incisional hernia without obstruction or gangreneBillable
- K43.3Parastomal hernia with obstruction, without gangreneBillable
- K43.4Parastomal hernia with gangreneBillable
- K43.5Parastomal hernia without obstruction or gangreneBillable
- K43.7Other and unspecified ventral hernia with gangreneBillable
- K43.9Ventral hernia without obstruction or gangreneBillable