K40.0 Bilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene

Non-billable header with 2 child codes.

Applicable to

• Inguinal hernia (bilateral) causing obstruction without gangrene
• Incarcerated inguinal hernia (bilateral) without gangrene
• Irreducible inguinal hernia (bilateral) without gangrene
• Strangulated inguinal hernia (bilateral) without gangrene

Applies from K40 Inguinal hernia

Includes

• bubonocele
• direct inguinal hernia
• double inguinal hernia
• indirect inguinal hernia
• inguinal hernia NOS
• oblique inguinal hernia
• scrotal hernia

Codes under K40.0

• K40.00 Bilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene, not specified as recurrent
• K40.01 Bilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene, recurrent

Code annotations containing back-references to K40.0

Back-references to K40

• Type 2 Excludes: K56.7 Ileus, unspecified ("intestinal obstruction with hernia (K40-K46)")

Nearby codes

• K40 Inguinal hernia
• K40.0 Bilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene (this code)
• K40.00 Bilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene, not specified as recurrent
• K40.01 Bilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene, recurrent
• K40.1 Bilateral inguinal hernia, with gangrene
• K40.10 Bilateral inguinal hernia, with gangrene, not specified as recurrent
• K40.11 Bilateral inguinal hernia, with gangrene, recurrent