tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2016 Issue 8

Surgical Case: Focus Codes for Parastomal Hernia 'Sugerbaker' Mesh Repair

Document ‘incarcerated’ for procedure, diagnosis choices. You’ll be hard pressed to find “Sugarbaker or “parastomal” in CPT® or ICD-10, so how will you code the diagnosis and procedure when your surgeon performs a common service to treat an ostomy-associated hernia? Do this: Let us help you correctly report these cases by decoding the terminology so that you understand the defect and the surgical treatment involved.  Grasp Condition to Zero In On Diagnosis A parastomal hernia allows abdominal contents to protrude through the defect created at the site of an ostomy, such as a colostomy...

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