Cpt Right Inguinal Hernia Repair

Your surgeon will decide which kind of anesthesia you will receive.

Cpt right inguinal hernia repair. Elective surgery is offered to most patients. For inguinal hernia repair cpt code 49505 the surgeon may use an ilioinguinal or iliohypogastric nerve block cpt 64425. Why the procedure is performed. Do not append a modifier 50 to a right initial inguinal hernia and a recurrent left inguinal hernia both repaired via the same approach.

Surgery remains the ultimate treatment for all types of hernias as they will not get better on their own however not all require immediate repair. Repair initial inguinal hernia preterm infant younger than 37 weeks gestation at birth performed from birth up to 50 weeks postconception age with or without hydrocelectomy. For all other hernia repairs inguinal umbilical laparoscopic ventral etc the placement of mesh is already included in the. The patient is placed under general anesthesia during the procedure.

You and your surgeon can discuss which type of surgery is right for you. If either an incisional or ventral hernia repair is done at the time of another abdominal procedure through the same incision do not separately report the hernia repair. Use of nerve block anesthesia. A complex procedure such as the repair of a recurrent incarcerated hernia is coded as follows.

A hernia is tissue that bulges out of a weak spot in the abdominal wall. Inguinal hernia surgery is an operation to repair a weakness in the abdominal wall that abnormally allows abdominal contents to slip into a narrow tube called the inguinal canal in the groin region. 43566 herniorrhaphy recurrent incarcerated. This means you can go home the same day as the surgery.

A laparoscopic inguinal hernia rupture in the abdominal wall repair is a routine surgery and may take up to two hours. Inguinal hernia repair is often an outpatient procedure. 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.