K43.0

Applicable To

• Incisional hernia causing obstruction, without gangrene

• Incarcerated incisional hernia, without gangrene

• Irreducible incisional hernia, without gangrene

• Strangulated incisional hernia, without gangrene

Approximate Synonyms

• Incarcerated incisional hernia

• Incarcerated incisional hernia with obstruction

• Irreducible incisional hernia

• Irreducible incisional hernia with obstruction

• Irreducible obstructed incisional hernia

• Postop incisional hernia with obstruction

• Postoperative incisional hernia with obstruction

• Recurrent hernia of anterior abdominal wall with obstruction

• Recurrent ventral hernia with obstruction

• Ventral hernia with obstruction, recurrent

Details

• K43.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM K43.0 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K43.0 – other international versions of ICD-10 K43.0 may differ.