From parent levels
ChapterXIDiseases of the digestive systemOpen
Exclusions
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O99)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98)
- neoplasms (C00-D48)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
BlockK40-K46HerniaOpen
Note
Hernia with both gangrene and obstruction is classified to hernia with gangrene.
Inclusions
- hernia: acquired
- hernia: congenital [except diaphragmatic or hiatus]
- hernia: recurrent
CategoryK43Ventral herniaOpen
Other and unspecified ventral hernia with obstruction without gangrene
Inclusions
- Hernia: epigastric
- Hernia: hypogastric
- Hernia: midline
- Hernia: spigelian
- Hernia: subxiphoid
- Any condition listed under K43.6: causing obstruction without gangrene
- Any condition listed under K43.6: incarcerated without gangrene
- Any condition listed under K43.6: irreducible without gangrene
- Any condition listed under K43.6: strangulated without gangrene