K43.9 - Ventral hernia without obstruction or gangrene

The ICD 10 Code for Ventral hernia without obstruction or gangrene is listed as K43.9.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field	Value
Diagnosis Code:	K43.9
Description:	Ventral hernia without obstruction or gangrene Epigastric hernia Ventral hernia NOS
Diagnostic Related Groups (MS-DRG v30.0)	393 - Other Digestive System Diagnoses W Mcc 394 - Other Digestive System Diagnoses W Cc 395 - Other Digestive System Diagnoses W/o Cc/mcc

Chapter	Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)
Block	Hernia (K40-K46)
Parent	K43 - Ventral hernia
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code:	553.20 - Ventral, unspecified, hernia without mention of obstruction or gangrene (approximate)
ICD 9 Dx Code:	553.29 - Other ventral hernia without mention of obstruction or gangrene (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of K43.9:
K43.0 - Incisional hernia with obstruction, without gangrene
K43.1 - Incisional hernia with gangrene
K43.2 - Incisional hernia without obstruction or gangrene
K43.3 - Parastomal hernia with obstruction, without gangrene
K43.4 - Parastomal hernia with gangrene
K43.5 - Parastomal hernia without obstruction or gangrene
K43.6 - Other and unspecified ventral hernia with obstruction, without gangrene
K43.7 - Other and unspecified ventral hernia with gangrene