Cpt Code Open Right Inguinal Hernia Repair With Mesh
For hernia repair procedures that are hybrid laparoscopic and open repairs report the appropriate code for open.
Cpt code open right inguinal hernia repair with mesh. For open ventral and incisional hernia repairs using a piece of mesh such as vicryl mesh or allograft mesh to repair the hernia allows you to add an additional code cpt 49568 in addition to the hernia repair code. So 64425 is bundled into 49505. For all other hernia repairs inguinal umbilical laparoscopic ventral etc the placement of mesh is already included in the. Code 15734 is an open procedure.
Incarcerated or strangulated. For inguinal hernia repair cpt code 49505 the surgeon may use an ilioinguinal or iliohypogastric nerve block cpt 64425. 49492 repair initial inguinal hernia preterm infant younger than 37 weeks gestation at birth performed from birth up to 50 weeks post conception age with or without hydrocelectomy. The facility may.
Hybrid laparoscopic and open hernia repair. In this case the nerve block is not reported separately and is included in the surgical procedure. If you are new to general surgery coding read on. Hernia repair codes 49491 49651 are unilateral procedures.
If performed bilaterally append modifier 50 bilateral procedure to the appropriate code s rather than report two units with modifiers rt right side and lt left side appended. For more complicated laparoscopic hernia repair procedures that may include separation of components report code 49659 unlisted laparoscopy procedure hernioplasty herniorrhaphy herniotomy. The range of codes that cpt code 49568 may be reported with is 49560 49566. So if you are an experienced general surgery coder you can skip this article.
Laparoscopic surgical hernia repair.