K41 — Femoral hernia
Not billable
Is K41 billable?
No — K41 is a non-billable header code. K41 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 12 billable codes beneath K41.
Billable codes under this header
- K41.00Bilateral femoral hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene, not specified as recurrent
- K41.01Bilateral femoral hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene, recurrent
- K41.10Bilateral femoral hernia, with gangrene, not specified as recurrent
- K41.11Bilateral femoral hernia, with gangrene, recurrent
- K41.20Bilateral femoral hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, not specified as recurrent
- K41.21Bilateral femoral hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, recurrent
- K41.30Unilateral femoral hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene, not specified as recurrent
- K41.31Unilateral femoral hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene, recurrent
- K41.40Unilateral femoral hernia, with gangrene, not specified as recurrent
- K41.41Unilateral femoral hernia, with gangrene, recurrent
- K41.90Unilateral femoral hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, not specified as recurrent
- K41.91Unilateral femoral hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, recurrent
K41 at a glance
| Code | K41 |
|---|---|
| Description | Femoral hernia |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 11
The conditions below are not part of K41, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K41 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
What codes fall under K41? (6)
- K41.0Bilateral femoral hernia, with obstruction, without gangrenenot billable
- K41.1Bilateral femoral hernia, with gangrenenot billable
- K41.2Bilateral femoral hernia, without obstruction or gangrenenot billable
- K41.3Unilateral femoral hernia, with obstruction, without gangrenenot billable
- K41.4Unilateral femoral hernia, with gangrenenot billable
- K41.9Unilateral femoral hernia, without obstruction or gangrenenot billable
How long has K41 existed?
K41 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.