DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

K45 Other abdominal hernia

  • Header · not billable

K45 is not billable. The category heads 3 billable codes in FY2027: the 3 codes directly below it.

Index → code

  • Hernia, hernial (acquired) (recurrent)abdomen, abdominalspecified site NEC → K45.8
  • Hernia, hernial (acquired) (recurrent)abdomen, abdominalspecified site NECwithobstruction → K45.0
  • Hernia, hernial (acquired) (recurrent)abdomen, abdominalspecified site NECwithgangrene (and obstruction) → K45.1

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 11 Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)
  2. K40-K46 Hernia (K40-K46)
  3. K45 Other abdominal hernia
Billable codes
3
Subdivisions
3
CC / MCC codes
1 / 1
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
3

Codes in K45

  1. K45.0
    Other specified abdominal hernia with obstruction, without gangrene
    BillableCC
    Inclusion terms 4

    Inclusion terms

    • Other specified abdominal hernia causing obstruction
    • Other specified incarcerated abdominal hernia
    • Other specified irreducible abdominal hernia
    • Other specified strangulated abdominal hernia
  2. K45.1
    Other specified abdominal hernia with gangrene
    BillableMCC
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Any condition listed under K45 specified as gangrenous K45
  3. K45.8
    Other specified abdominal hernia without obstruction or gangrene
    Billable

CC/MCC: as a secondary diagnosis, unless the principal diagnosis is on the code’s PDX exclusion list (MS-DRG v44 Appendix C; list on the code card).

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At K45

Includes

  • abdominal hernia, specified site NEC
  • lumbar hernia
  • obturator hernia
  • pudendal hernia
  • retroperitoneal hernia
  • sciatic hernia

Notes that also apply

Block K40-K46 instructions (Notes 1, Includes 3): printed on the block page.

Chapter 11 instructions (Excludes2 8): printed on the chapter 11 page.

Index entries

  • Hernia, hernial (acquired) (recurrent)abdomen, abdominalspecified site NEC → K45.8
  • Hernia, hernial (acquired) (recurrent)abdomen, abdominalspecified site NECwithobstruction → K45.0
  • Hernia, hernial (acquired) (recurrent)abdomen, abdominalspecified site NECwithgangrene (and obstruction) → K45.1

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