AMA CPT® Assistant - 2007 Issue 11 (November)

Surgery: Digestive System (November 2007)

November 2007 page 9a Coding Communication:Surgery: Digestive System Question: Is it appropriate to report a code from the hernia repair code series (ie, 49491-49611) when the only service performed is a manual hernia reduction? Answer: When a manual hernia reduction is the only service performed, the unlisted CPT procedure code 49999, Unlisted procedure, abdomen, peritoneum and omentum, should be reported. Surgery: Digestive System (November 2007). CPT® Assistant. 2007; November 2007 page 9a ...

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