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FY2027

K41.1 — Bilateral femoral hernia, with gangrene

Not billable

Is K41.1 billable?

No — K41.1 is a non-billable header code. K41.1 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 2 billable codes beneath K41.1.

K41.1 at a glance

CodeK41.1
DescriptionBilateral femoral hernia, with gangrene
BillableNo — header code
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 11

The conditions below are not part of K41.1, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K41.1 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 K41.1? (2)

How long has K41.1 existed?

K41.1 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.

Which codes are confused with K41.1?

ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with K41.1 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.

What other codes are in the K41 family? (5)