K46.1

Unspecified abdominal hernia with gangrene

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

This is the unspecified option. 2 more specific codes sit alongside it. Worth checking whether the documentation supports one of them.

Exclusions 9 never code together

K46code

Excludes1

Excludes2

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 11

K46code

Includes

Inclusion terms

Notes

Hernia with both gangrene and obstruction is classified to hernia with gangrene.

Includes

Index entries leading here 2

Hernia, hernial (acquired) (recurrent) K46.9
- abdomen, abdominal K46.9
  - with
    - gangrene (and obstruction) K46.1
Incarceration, incarcerated
- enterocele K46.0
  - gangrenous K46.1
- epiplocele K46.0
  - gangrenous K46.1
- sarcoepiplocele K46.0
  - gangrenous K46.1

Alongside this code 2 same parent — K46

Additional references

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Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

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Present FY2024–FY2027.