K46
Unspecified abdominal hernia
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
K46 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code category for unspecified abdominal hernia. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are K46.0 Unspecified abdominal hernia with obstruction, without gangrene; K46.1 Unspecified abdominal hernia with gangrene and K46.9 Unspecified abdominal hernia without obstruction or gangrene. Its coding notes include 1 Excludes1 entry and 8 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
This code
- vaginal enterocele (N81.5)
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (8 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 11 Diseases of the digestive system
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Includes
Further defines or gives examples of the content of the category.
This code
- enterocele
- epiplocele
- hernia NOS
- interstitial hernia
- intestinal hernia
- intra-abdominal hernia
Also from chapter/block level (3 notes)
Inherited from K40–K46 Hernia
- acquired hernia
- congenital [except diaphragmatic or hiatus] hernia
- recurrent hernia
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from K40–K46 Hernia
- Hernia with both gangrene and obstruction is classified to hernia with gangrene.