K46.9

Unspecified abdominal hernia without obstruction or gangrene

Billable / specific

K46.9 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

  • Abdominal hernia NOS

Includes (from K46)

  • acquired hernia
  • congenital [except diaphragmatic or hiatus] hernia
  • recurrent hernia
  • enterocele
  • epiplocele
  • hernia NOS
  • interstitial hernia
  • intestinal hernia
  • intra-abdominal 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 K46)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K46)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K46)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K46)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K46)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K46)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K46)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K46)

Also known as

  • Abdominal hernia NOS
  • Hernia, hernial
  • Hernia, hernial, abdomen, abdominal

Parent code

  • K46Unspecified abdominal herniaHeader

Related codes

  • K46.0Unspecified abdominal hernia with obstruction, without gangreneBillable
  • K46.1Unspecified abdominal hernia with gangreneBillable

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