K43.6 Other and unspecified ventral hernia with obstruction, without gangrene

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

Applicable to

• Epigastric hernia causing obstruction, without gangrene
• Hypogastric hernia causing obstruction, without gangrene
• Incarcerated epigastric hernia without gangrene
• Incarcerated hypogastric hernia without gangrene
• Incarcerated midline hernia without gangrene
• Incarcerated spigelian hernia without gangrene
• Incarcerated subxiphoid hernia without gangrene
• Irreducible epigastric hernia without gangrene
• Irreducible hypogastric hernia without gangrene
• Irreducible midline hernia without gangrene
• Irreducible spigelian hernia without gangrene
• Irreducible subxiphoid hernia without gangrene
• Midline hernia causing obstruction, without gangrene
• Spigelian hernia causing obstruction, without gangrene
• Strangulated epigastric hernia without gangrene
• Strangulated hypogastric hernia without gangrene
• Strangulated midline hernia without gangrene
• Strangulated spigelian hernia without gangrene
• Strangulated subxiphoid hernia without gangrene
• Subxiphoid hernia causing obstruction, without gangrene

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 552.20 Ventral, unspecified, hernia with obstruction (approximate)
• 552.29 Other ventral hernia with obstruction (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to K43.6

Back-references to K43

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

Diagnosis Index entries for K43.6

• Hernia, hernial (acquired) (recurrent) › ventral › with › obstruction
• Hernia, hernial (acquired) (recurrent) › ventral › specified NEC › with › obstruction

Nearby codes

• K43.1 Incisional hernia with gangrene
• 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 (this code)
• K43.7 Other and unspecified ventral hernia with gangrene
• K43.9 Ventral hernia without obstruction or gangrene