K43.6

Applicable To

• Epigastric hernia causing obstruction, without gangrene

• Hypogastric hernia causing obstruction, without gangrene

• Incarcerated epigastric hernia without gangrene

• Incarcerated hypogastric hernia without gangrene

• Incarcerated midline hernia without gangrene

• Incarcerated spigelian hernia without gangrene

• Incarcerated subxiphoid hernia without gangrene

• Irreducible epigastric hernia without gangrene

• Irreducible hypogastric hernia without gangrene

• Irreducible midline hernia without gangrene

• Irreducible spigelian hernia without gangrene

• Irreducible subxiphoid hernia without gangrene

• Midline hernia causing obstruction, without gangrene

• Spigelian hernia causing obstruction, without gangrene

• Strangulated epigastric hernia without gangrene

• Strangulated hypogastric hernia without gangrene

• Strangulated midline hernia without gangrene

• Strangulated spigelian hernia without gangrene

• Strangulated subxiphoid hernia without gangrene

• Subxiphoid hernia causing obstruction, without gangrene

Approximate Synonyms

• Epigastric hernia with obstruction

• Hypogastric hernia with obstruction

• Incarcerated epigastric hernia

• Incarcerated epigastric hernia with obstruction

• Incarcerated hypogastric hernia

• Incarcerated hypogastric hernia with obstruction

• Incarcerated midline hernia

• Incarcerated obstructed midline hernia

• Incarcerated obstructed spigelian hernia

• Incarcerated obstructed ventral hernia

• Incarcerated spigelian hernia

• Incarcerated spigelian hernia with obstruction

• Incarcerated ventral hernia

• Irreducible abdominal hernia with obstruction

• Irreducible epigastric hernia

• Irreducible hernia of anterior abdominal wall

• Irreducible hypogastric hernia

• Irreducible midline hernia

• Irreducible obstructed epigastric hernia

• Irreducible obstructed hypogastric hernia

• Irreducible spigelian hernia

• Irreducible spigelian hernia with obstruction

• Irreducible ventral hernia

• Irreducible ventral hernia with obstruction

• Irreducible ventral incisional hernia

• Midline hernia with obstruction

• Obstructed epigastric hernia

• Obstructed hypogastric hernia

• Obstructed incisional ventral hernia

• Obstructed midline hernia

• Obstructed spigelian hernia

• Spigelian hernia with obstruction

• Ventral hernia with obstruction

Details

• K43.6 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• Short description: Other and unsp ventral hernia with obstruction, w/o gangrene

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM K43.6 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K43.6 – other international versions of ICD-10 K43.6 may differ.