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Femoral hernia
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2018/2019 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K41.0
Bilateral femoral hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene
2016 2017 2018 2019 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- K41.0 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2018/2019 edition of ICD-10-CM K41.0 became effective on October 1, 2018.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K41.0 - other international versions of ICD-10 K41.0 may differ.
Applicable To- Femoral hernia (bilateral) causing obstruction, without gangrene
- Incarcerated femoral hernia (bilateral), without gangrene
- Irreducible femoral hernia (bilateral), without gangrene
- Strangulated femoral hernia (bilateral), without gangrene
The following code(s) above
K41.0 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
K41.0:
- 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
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To K41.0
K40.3 Unilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene
K40.30 …… not specified as 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
K41.1 Bilateral femoral hernia, with gangrene
K41.10 …… not specified as recurrent
K41.2 Bilateral femoral hernia, without obstruction or gangrene
K41.20 …… not specified as recurrent
K41.3 Unilateral femoral hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene
K41.30 …… 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.
