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K43.6

Billable

Other and unspecified ventral hernia with obstruction, without gangrene

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

A bulge of tissue through the abdominal wall (other than umbilical or parastomal) that is trapped and cannot move back, but the tissue is not dying.

Coding Tips

  • •This code includes ventral, epigastric, and other abdominal wall hernias with obstruction
  • •Obstruction without gangrene requires prompt evaluation and likely surgical intervention

Code Hierarchy

└K43Ventral hernia└K43.6Other and unspecified ventral hernia with obstruction, without gangrene
└K43.6Other and unspecified ventral hernia with obstruction, without gangrene

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