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Wiki 2023 Hernia Repair Codes

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mfournier

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Hello Everyone:

Was wondering if I can ask how are your providers documenting the size of the hernias. Are they mentioned it within the body of the op note? As part of the procedure title?
I have one provider that it is listing it under findings:

Findings: A very small, 5 mm defect amenable to primary closure
Findings: An umbilical hernia with a 1.5 cm defect

Not sure if I should query him or give credit for the size mentioned in the findings.

Also, there is no path for these surgeries.

Thank you in advance
Miriam
 
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mfournier said:
Hello Everyone:

Was wondering if I can ask how are your providers documenting the size of the hernias. Are they mentioned it within the body of the op note? As part of the procedure title?
I have one provider that it is listing it under findings:

Findings: A very small, 5 mm defect amenable to primary closure
Findings: An umbilical hernia with a 1.5 cm defect

Not sure if I should query him or give credit for the size mentioned in the findings.

Also, there is no path for these surgeries.

Thank you in advance
Miriam
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I'm not sure why you'd need to query if it's already documented under findings - I've never heard that a measurement needs to be in a particular place. It's only the steps of the procedure itself that needs to be documented in detail in the body of the note. I would be comfortable using the measurement as long as it's documented somewhere in the record of the current encounter.

In my experience, there is usually no pathology done during a hernia procedure unless the provider finds suspicious tissue during the procedure that would require it.
 
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mfournier said:
Hello Everyone:

Was wondering if I can ask how are your providers documenting the size of the hernias. Are they mentioned it within the body of the op note? As part of the procedure title?
I have one provider that it is listing it under findings:

Findings: A very small, 5 mm defect amenable to primary closure
Findings: An umbilical hernia with a 1.5 cm defect

Not sure if I should query him or give credit for the size mentioned in the findings.

Also, there is no path for these surgeries.

Thank you in advance
Miriam
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Mine surgeons so far are documenting in the body, "defect measurs 2 cm". I often times in some procedures fall back on pathology report if there is one.
 
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