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Wiki hernia repair hierarchy?

Is there some type of hierarchy for how to code hernia repairs? For instance, if the surgeon states he did a epigastric incisional hernia repair, is this coded as an epigastric hernia repair or as an incisional hernia repair?
- CaroleF01
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- May 31, 2022
- epigastric hernia hernia coding incisional
- Replies: 1
- Forum: General Surgery
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Wiki Change in Biological Mesh for Hernia procedures since ICD-10

Hi all, I'm trying to help a client who's a medical device manufacturer understand some strange data that they're now receiving since the changeover from ICD-9 to ICD-10. Before ICD-10, the majority of biological mesh usage in hernia procedures was for ventral/incisional hernias, but since the...
- novamed1
- Thread
- Aug 8, 2016
- hernia icd-10 incisional umbilical ventral
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Medical Coding General Discussion
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Wiki Co-surgery? Incisional hernia repair/Component separation

Hi, I work for a general surgeon that did a repair of an incarcerated incisional hernia. Because of the size of the defect a plastic surgeon assisted on the repair and then the plastic surgeon did an abdominal wall reconstruction/component separation. They both dictated separated operative...
- shellabell32
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- Jan 15, 2016
- hernia incisional plastic separation surgeon
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Modifiers

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