K45
K45 — Other abdominal hernia
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K45 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other abdominal hernia. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- abdominal hernia, specified site NEC
- lumbar hernia
- obturator hernia
- pudendal hernia
- retroperitoneal hernia
- sciatic hernia
Other codes that can never be billed with K45
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at K45. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading K45 alone.
- I96Gangrene, not elsewhere classified
Risk adjustment
K45 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 K45
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about K45
- Is K45 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. K45 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does K45 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Hernia (K40-K46).