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Wiki Ventral hernia/plastics did open and close

shellabell32

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Hi there,
My doctor did an open repair of an incarcerated ventral hernia but the opening and closing was done by a plastic surgeon who was doing an abdominoplasty. Would I bill the hernia repair with modifier-52?

Thanks,
Michelle Bess, CPC
 
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