K46.0

Applicable To

• Unspecified abdominal hernia causing obstruction

• Unspecified incarcerated abdominal hernia

• Unspecified irreducible abdominal hernia

• Unspecified strangulated abdominal hernia

Approximate Synonyms

• Abdominal hernia with obstruction

• Hernia, with obstruction

• Incarcerated abdominal hernia

• Incarcerated abdominal hernia with obstruction

• Incarcerated intra-abdominal hernia

• Incarcerated intra-abdominal hernia with obstruction

• Incarcerated intraabdominal hernia

• Incarcerated intraabdominal hernia with obstruction

• Incarcerated obstructed abdominal hernia

• Intraabdominal hernia with obstruction

• Irreducible abdominal hernia

• Irreducible abdominal hernia with obstruction

• Irreducible intra-abdominal hernia

• Irreducible intraabdominal hernia

• Irreducible obstructed intra-abdominal hernia

• Obstructed internal hernia

Details

• K46.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• Short description: Unsp abdominal hernia with obstruction, without gangrene

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM K46.0 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K46.0 – other international versions of ICD-10 K46.0 may differ.