RainyDaze
Networker
I'm hoping someone could lead me in the right direction. One of my docs performed a supraumbilical hernia repair, I was always told to code as a ventral hernia (i.e. 49560), however the hospital coder has coded this procedure as an umbilical hernia (49585). I asked her about it and she emailed me a page from CPT Assistant stating that 49585 is typically at the umbilicus, but it may be above (supraumbilical) or below (infraumbilical). I tried to find something in writing to back up what I had been told, but I cannot find anything in writing. Does anyone know where I could find this information???
Thanks!
Thanks!