K40.41
BillableUnilateral inguinal hernia, with gangrene, recurrent
Unilateral inguinal hernia, with gangrene, recurrent
Coding Notes
Includes
Conditions included under this code
- acquired hernia
- congenital [except diaphragmatic or hiatus] hernia
- recurrent hernia
- bubonocele
- direct inguinal hernia
- double inguinal hernia
- indirect inguinal hernia
- inguinal hernia NOS
- oblique inguinal hernia
- scrotal hernia
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- 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)
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
SNOMED CT
- Gangrene and obstruction co-occurrent and due to inguinal hernia49678000
- Inguinal hernia with gangrene and obstruction49678000
- Obstructed inguinal hernia with gangrene49678000
- Recurrent hernia of anterior abdominal wall with gangrene415252001
- Recurrent ventral hernia with gangrene415252001
- Obstructed recurrent hernia of anterior abdominal wall415253006
- Recurrent hernia of anterior abdominal wall with obstruction415253006
- Recurrent obstructed hernia of anterior abdominal wall415253006
- Recurrent obstructed ventral hernia415253006
- Recurrent ventral hernia with obstruction415253006
- Recurrent inguinal hernia with gangrene428722005
- Recurrent left inguinal hernia767678008
- Recurrent right inguinal hernia767679000
- Gangrene co-occurrent and due to recurrent right inguinal hernia767680002
- Recurrent right inguinal hernia with gangrene767680002
- Gangrene co-occurrent and due to recurrent left inguinal hernia767681003
- Recurrent left inguinal hernia with gangrene767681003
- Gangrene and obstruction co-occurrent and due to recurrent left inguinal hernia767684006
- Obstructed recurrent left inguinal hernia with gangrene767684006
- Gangrene and obstruction co-occurrent and due to recurrent right inguinal hernia767685007
- Obstructed recurrent right inguinal hernia with gangrene767685007
- Gangrene and obstruction co-occurrent and due to left inguinal hernia767823004
- Obstructed left inguinal hernia with gangrene767823004
- Gangrene and obstruction co-occurrent and due to right inguinal hernia767824005
- Obstructed right inguinal hernia with gangrene767824005
- Gangrene co-occurrent and due to left inguinal hernia767826007
- Left inguinal hernia with gangrene767826007
- Gangrene co-occurrent and due to right inguinal hernia767827003
- Right inguinal hernia with gangrene767827003
- Obstructed recurrent right inguinal hernia772141000
- Obstruction co-occurrent and due to recurrent right inguinal hernia772141000
- Obstructed recurrent left inguinal hernia772142007
- Obstruction co-occurrent and due to recurrent left inguinal hernia772142007
- Obstructed left inguinal hernia772143002
- Obstruction co-occurrent and due to left inguinal hernia772143002
- Obstructed right inguinal hernia772144008
- Obstruction co-occurrent and due to right inguinal hernia772144008
- Intestinal obstruction due to recurrent inguinal hernia95001000119103
- Obstructed recurrent inguinal hernia95001000119103
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the ICD-10 code for unilateral inguinal hernia, with gangrene, recurrent?
The ICD-10-CM code for unilateral inguinal hernia, with gangrene, recurrent is K40.41. The full clinical description is "Unilateral inguinal hernia, with gangrene, recurrent". K40.41 is a billable/specific code that can be used on insurance claims and medical billing.
What does ICD-10 code K40.41 mean?
ICD-10-CM code K40.41 represents "Unilateral inguinal hernia, with gangrene, recurrent". It is classified under Chapter 11: Diseases of the Digestive System and is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.
Is K40.41 a billable code?
Yes, K40.41 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is K40.41 in?
K40.41 is in Chapter 11: Diseases of the Digestive System (codes K00-K95).
What SNOMED CT codes does K40.41 map to?
K40.41 maps to 19 SNOMED CT concepts: 49678000, 767823004, 767684006, 767685007, 767824005, and 14 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for K40.41?
K40.41 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0267675. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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Includes SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) used by permission of SNOMED International. Includes content from the UMLS Metathesaurus, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.