Kodex

Code

K40.20

Bilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, not specified as recurrent

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Hierarchy

K00-K95 Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)
- K40-K46 Hernia (K40-K46)
  - K40 Inguinal hernia
    - K40.2 Bilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene
      - K40.20 Bilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, not specified as recurrent
      - K40.21 Bilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, recurrent

Notes

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

Inclusion Terms

K40.20

Bilateral inguinal hernia NOS

Includes

bubonocele
direct inguinal hernia
double inguinal hernia
indirect inguinal hernia
inguinal hernia NOS
oblique inguinal hernia
scrotal hernia

acquired hernia
congenital [except diaphragmatic or hiatus] hernia
recurrent hernia

Excludes 2

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