K41.21 Bilateral femoral hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, recurrent

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 393-395 in MDC 06.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 553.03 Femoral hernia without mention of obstruction or gangrene, bilateral,recurrent

Code annotations containing back-references to K41.21

Back-references to K41

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

Diagnosis Index entries for K41.21

• Hernia, hernial (acquired) (recurrent) › femoral › bilateral › recurrent

Nearby codes

• K41.1 Bilateral femoral hernia, with gangrene
• K41.10 Bilateral femoral hernia, with gangrene, not specified as recurrent
• K41.11 Bilateral femoral hernia, with gangrene, recurrent
• K41.2 Bilateral femoral hernia, without obstruction or gangrene
• K41.20 Bilateral femoral hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, not specified as recurrent
• K41.21 Bilateral femoral hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, recurrent (this code)
• K41.3 Unilateral femoral hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene
• K41.30 Unilateral femoral hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene, not specified as recurrent
• K41.31 Unilateral femoral hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene, recurrent
• K41.4 Unilateral femoral hernia, with gangrene
• K41.40 Unilateral femoral hernia, with gangrene, not specified as recurrent