Reader Questions:
Payer Will Guide You For This Cesarean, Hernia Scenario
Published on Fri Dec 11, 2020
Question: Our doctor did a cesarean on a patient and noticed a hernia that he repaired while in there. How would I code that? This is a Medi-Cal patient, so it also might not be covered separate from the cesarean procedure. FINDINGS: Male infant delivered from a vertex presentation with Apgars and weight still pending. The amniotic fluid was clear. [...]