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Hernia Repair:

2 Cases Clear Up Hiatal Hernia Confusion

Published on Tue May 14, 2013

Save paraesophageal codes for stomach, other herniation. Don’t be fooled — the vast majority of surgical hiatal hernia repairs don’t require you to use one of six CPT® codes that include “repair, … hiatal hernia” in the code definition. If you find that fact surprising, you need to study the following two surgical cases to guarantee that you know to [...]
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