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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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