K40
Inguinal hernia
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files.
Includes
bubonocele
Includes
direct inguinal hernia
Includes
double inguinal hernia
Includes
indirect inguinal hernia
Includes
inguinal hernia NOS
Includes
oblique inguinal hernia
Includes
scrotal hernia
More Specific Codes
6 codes under K40
- K40.0 Bilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene Has subcodes
- K40.1 Bilateral inguinal hernia, with gangrene Has subcodes
- K40.2 Bilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene Has subcodes
- K40.3 Unilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene Has subcodes
- K40.4 Unilateral inguinal hernia, with gangrene Has subcodes
- K40.9 Unilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene Has subcodes
Version History
How K40 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentInguinal hernia
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedInguinal hernia
Data Source
Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
- Source file
- icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip
Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)
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