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K00-K95
Diseases of the digestive system
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Hernia
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Inguinal hernia
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2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K40.31
Unilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene, recurrent
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
- K40.31 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Unilateral inguinal hernia, w obst, w/o gangrene, recurrent
- The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM K40.31 became effective on October 1, 2019.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K40.31 - other international versions of ICD-10 K40.31 may differ.
The following code(s) above
K40.31 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
K40.31:
- K00-K95
2020 ICD-10-CM Range K00-K95
Diseases of the digestive systemType 2 Excludes- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- K40-K46
2020 ICD-10-CM Range K40-K46
HerniaIncludes- acquired hernia
- congenital [except diaphragmatic or hiatus] hernia
- recurrent hernia
Note- Hernia with both gangrene and obstruction is classified to hernia with gangrene.
- K40
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K40
Inguinal hernia
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Includes- bubonocele
- direct inguinal hernia
- double inguinal hernia
- indirect inguinal hernia
- inguinal hernia NOS
- oblique inguinal hernia
- scrotal hernia
- K40.3
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K40.3
Unilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Inguinal hernia (unilateral) causing obstruction without gangrene
- Incarcerated inguinal hernia (unilateral) without gangrene
- Irreducible inguinal hernia (unilateral) without gangrene
- Strangulated inguinal hernia (unilateral) without gangrene
- Inguinal hernia unilateral recurrent with obstruction
- Inguinal hernia with obstruction recurrent
- Inguinal hernia, unilateral, recurrent, irreducible
- Intestinal obstruction due to recurrent inguinal hernia
- Left recurrent incarcerated inguinal hernia
- Left recurrent incarcerated inguinal hernia with obstruction
- Left recurrent inguinal hernia with obstruction
- Recurrent incarcerated inguinal hernia
- Recurrent irreducible inguinal hernia
- Recurrent irreducible inguinal hernia with obstruction
- Recurrent irreducible obstructed inguinal hernia
- Recurrent obstructed incarcerated inguinal hernia
- Right recurrent incarcerated inguinal hernia
- Right recurrent incarcerated inguinal hernia with obstruction
- Right recurrent inguinal hernia with obstruction
- Unilateral recurrent irreducible inguinal hernia
ICD-10-CM K40.31 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v37.0):
- 393 Other digestive system diagnoses with mcc
- 394 Other digestive system diagnoses with cc
- 395 Other digestive system diagnoses without cc/mcc
Convert K40.31 to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- Hernia, hernial (acquired) (recurrent) K46.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K46.9
Unspecified abdominal hernia without obstruction or gangrene
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- inguinal (direct) (external) (funicular) (indirect) (internal) (oblique) (scrotal) (sliding) K40.90
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K40.90
Unilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, not specified as recurrent
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Inguinal hernia NOS
- Unilateral inguinal hernia NOS
- with
- obstruction K40.30
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K40.30
Unilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene, not specified as recurrent
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Inguinal hernia, with obstruction NOS
- Unilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene NOS
- unilateral K40.90
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K40.90
Unilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, not specified as recurrent
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Inguinal hernia NOS
- Unilateral inguinal hernia NOS
- with
- obstruction K40.30
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K40.30
Unilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene, not specified as recurrent
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Inguinal hernia, with obstruction NOS
- Unilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene NOS
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To K40.31
K40.00 …… not specified as recurrent
K40.1 Bilateral inguinal hernia, with gangrene
K40.10 …… not specified as recurrent
K40.2 Bilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene
K40.20 …… not specified as recurrent
K40.3 Unilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene
K40.30 …… not specified as recurrent
K40.31
…… recurrent
K40.4 Unilateral inguinal hernia, with gangrene
K40.40 …… not specified as recurrent
K40.9 Unilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene
K40.90 …… not specified as recurrent
K41.0 Bilateral femoral hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene
K41.00 …… not specified as recurrent
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
