Source(s)

Everhart JE, editor. The burden of digestive diseases in the United States. US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 2008; NIH Publication No. 09-6443

Definitions

ICD-10 Codes K40�K43, K45, K46: Includes Inguinal Hernia; Femoral Hernia; Umbilical Hernia; Ventral Hernia; and Other or Unspecified Abdominal Hernias

Includes visits to freestanding physician offices and physician offices at hospitals, and emergency room visits that did not result in an overnight stay in the hospital.

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