K41
K41 — Femoral hernia
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K41 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for femoral hernia. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with K41
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at K41. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading K41 alone.
- I96Gangrene, not elsewhere classified
Risk adjustment
K41 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead K41
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- K41.0Bilateral femoral hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene
- K41.1Bilateral femoral hernia, with gangrene
- K41.2Bilateral femoral hernia, without obstruction or gangrene
- K41.3Unilateral femoral hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene
- K41.4Unilateral femoral hernia, with gangrene
- K41.9Unilateral femoral hernia, without obstruction or gangrene
Questions about K41
- Is K41 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. K41 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does K41 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Hernia (K40-K46).