K43.1 Incisional hernia with gangrene

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Major Complication or Comorbidity (MCC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applicable to

• Gangrenous incisional hernia

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 551.21 Incisional ventral hernia, with gangrene

Code annotations containing back-references to K43.1

Back-references to K43.1

• Type 1 Excludes: I96 Gangrene, not elsewhere classified ("gangrene in hernia (K40.1, K40.4, K41.1, K41.4, K42.1, K43.1-, K44.1, K45.1, K46.1)")

Back-references to K43

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

Diagnosis Index entries for K43.1

• Hernia, hernial (acquired) (recurrent) › incisional › with › gangrene (and obstruction)
• Hernia, hernial (acquired) (recurrent) › ventral › incisional › with › gangrene (and obstruction)
• Incision, incisional › hernia › with › gangrene (and obstruction)

Nearby codes

• K43 Ventral hernia
• K43.0 Incisional hernia with obstruction, without gangrene
• K43.1 Incisional hernia with gangrene (this code)
• K43.2 Incisional hernia without obstruction or gangrene
• K43.3 Parastomal hernia with obstruction, without gangrene
• K43.4 Parastomal hernia with gangrene
• K43.5 Parastomal hernia without obstruction or gangrene
• K43.6 Other and unspecified ventral hernia with obstruction, without gangrene