Diaphragmatic hernia without obstruction or gangrene
Billable / specific
K44.9 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
- Diaphragmatic hernia NOS
Includes (from K44)
- acquired hernia
- congenital [except diaphragmatic or hiatus] hernia
- recurrent hernia
- hiatus hernia (esophageal) (sliding)
- paraesophageal 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 K44)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K44)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K44)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K44)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K44)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K44)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K44)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K44)
Also known as
- Diaphragmatic hernia NOS
- Hernia, hernial, diaphragm, diaphragmatic
- Hernia, hernial, hiatal
Parent code
- K44Diaphragmatic herniaHeader