hernia coding

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    Wiki Hernia Surgery

    My surgeon did multiple abdominal procedures. Medicare has paid for all except the 49591 (Hernia Repair)x2. Patient had a Incarcerated Ventral Hernia and Incarcerated Umbilical Hernia. They both have the same CPT code of 49591. I billed the 49591 with 2 units and ICD 10 K43.6 and K42.0...
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    Wiki Inguinal Floor Repair, No Hernia Found- CPT 49505?

    I'm trying to figure out if coding CPT 49505 is appropriate for this repair of the inguinal floor with no hernia found. Maybe using modifier 52 since there was no hernia? Any help would be greatly appreciated!;) Pre-procedure diagnosis:: Right inguinal pain Post procedure diagnosis:: same...
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    Wiki Questions about inguinal/femoral hernia repair and mesh implantation

    1) How would you code bilateral laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair? We tried using 49650 with modifier 50 but it was rejected as an improper modifier. Would you code it as 49650-RT and -LT? 2) During laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair, a femoral hernia was found and repaired...
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    Wiki hernia repair hierarchy?

    Is there some type of hierarchy for how to code hernia repairs? For instance, if the surgeon states he did a epigastric incisional hernia repair, is this coded as an epigastric hernia repair or as an incisional hernia repair?
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    Wiki Complex Hernia Surgery - Coding Help

    I'm hoping to get some assistance with the below surgery. It was a MVA and the claim was billed as 49653-22, but we were not paid more. I'm questioning on if we could have billed another code, etc. Procedure: Robotic-Assisted reduction and repair of complex incarcerated traumatic left upper...
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