A patient with 25 years of age
comes with inguinal hernia on the left side. The patient has no previous history
of inguinal hernia. The physician found that the hernia is reducible and decided
to repair the hernia surgically using implantable mesh. What codes would
describe this scenario?
PX CODE DESCRIPTION
1 53.04 Open repair of indirect inguinal hernia with graft or prosthesis
CPT CODE DESCRIPTION
DX CODE DESCRIPTION
1 550.90 Unilateral Inguinal Hernia without obstruction or gangrene.
1 550.90 Unilateral Inguinal Hernia without obstruction or gangrene.
PX CODE DESCRIPTION
1 53.04 Open repair of indirect inguinal hernia with graft or prosthesis
CPT CODE DESCRIPTION
1 49505 Repair of reducible inguinal hernia for
patient with age 5+.
HCPCS code C1781 can
be reported for Implantable Mesh depending upon client
requirement.
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