K44.0

Applicable To

• Diaphragmatic hernia causing obstruction

• Incarcerated diaphragmatic hernia

• Irreducible diaphragmatic hernia

• Strangulated diaphragmatic hernia

Approximate Synonyms

• Diaphragmatic hernia with obstruction

• Hiatal hernia with obstruction

• Hiatus hernia – irreducible

• Hiatus hernia with obstruction

• Incarcerated diaphragmatic hernia

• Incarcerated diaphragmatic hernia with obstruction

• Incarcerated hiatal hernia

• Incarcerated hiatal hernia with obstruction

• Incarcerated obstructed paraesophageal hernia

• Incarcerated paraesophageal hernia

• Incarcerated paraesophageal hernia with obstruction

• Irreducible abdominal hernia with obstruction

• Irreducible diaphragmatic hernia

• Irreducible hiatal hernia

• Irreducible hiatal hernia with obstruction

• Irreducible obstructed diaphragmatic hernia

• Irreducible obstructed hiatal hernia

• Irreducible paraesophageal hernia

• Irreducible paraesophageal hernia with obstruction

• Obstructed diaphragmatic hernia

• Paraesophageal hernia with obstruction

• Paraesophageal obstructed hernia

Details

• K44.0 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 K44.0 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K44.0 – other international versions of ICD-10 K44.0 may differ.