K46.0 Unspecified abdominal hernia with obstruction, without gangrene

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

Applicable to

• Unspecified abdominal hernia causing obstruction
• Unspecified incarcerated abdominal hernia
• Unspecified irreducible abdominal hernia
• Unspecified strangulated abdominal hernia

Applies from K46 Unspecified abdominal hernia

Includes

• enterocele
• epiplocele
• hernia NOS
• interstitial hernia
• intestinal hernia
• intra-abdominal hernia

Excludes1 (never code together)

• vaginal enterocele (N81.5)

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 552.9 Hernia of unspecified site, with obstruction

Code annotations containing back-references to K46.0

Back-references to K46

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

Diagnosis Index entries for K46.0

• Hernia, hernial (acquired) (recurrent) › abdomen, abdominal › with › obstruction
• Incarceration, incarcerated › enterocele
• Incarceration, incarcerated › epiplocele
• Incarceration, incarcerated › sarcoepiplocele

Nearby codes

• K46 Unspecified abdominal hernia
• K46.0 Unspecified abdominal hernia with obstruction, without gangrene (this code)
• K46.1 Unspecified abdominal hernia with gangrene
• K46.9 Unspecified abdominal hernia without obstruction or gangrene