K43.9 Ventral hernia without obstruction or gangrene

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Epigastric hernia
• Ventral hernia NOS

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 553.20 Ventral, unspecified, hernia without mention of obstruction or gangrene (approximate)
• 553.29 Other ventral hernia without mention of obstruction or gangrene (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to K43.9

Back-references to K43

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

Diagnosis Index entries for K43.9

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

Nearby codes

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