CPT Knowledgebase - Sep 28, 2023

A patient was diagnosed with an incarcerated incisional hernia and was found to have more than one hernia. The physician indicated that the total defect size for the hernias (measured as the maximal craniocaudal or transverse distance between the outer margins of all defects repaired) is 10.4 cm. Would code 49594 or 49596 be appropriate to report a hernia repair size of 10.4 cm?

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