K40.01 is a valid billable ICD-10 diagnosis code for Bilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene, recurrent. It is found in the 2019 version of the ICD-10 Clinical Modification (CM) and can be used in all HIPAA-covered transactions from Oct 01, 2018 - Sep 30, 2019.
Oct 01, 2021 · Bilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, not specified as recurrent. 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Billable/Specific Code. K40.20 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. Short description: Bi inguinal hernia, w/o obst or gangrene, not spcf as recur.
Oct 01, 2021 · Bilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, recurrent. 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Billable/Specific Code. K40.21 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. Short description: Bilateral inguinal hernia, w/o obst or gangrene, recurrent
K40.1 Bilateral inguinal hernia, with gangrene. K40.10 …… not specified as recurrent; K40.11 …… recurrent; K40.2 Bilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene. K40.20 …… not specified as recurrent; K40.21 …… recurrent; K40.3 Unilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene. K40.30 …… not specified as recurrent
bubonocele; direct inguinal hernia; double inguinal hernia; indirect inguinal hernia; inguinal hernia NOS; oblique inguinal hernia; scrotal hernia. ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K40. K40 Inguinal hernia. K40.0 Bilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, ...
Bilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, recurrent. K40. 21 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Unspecified abdominal hernia without obstruction or gangrene The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM K46. 9 became effective on October 1, 2021.
K40.3ICD-10 code K40. 3 for Unilateral inguinal hernia, with obstruction, without gangrene is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the digestive system .
Your surgeon will make incisions (cuts) in your groin and remove the "hernial sac". They will strengthen the muscle layer with stitches and will usually insert a synthetic mesh to cover the weak spots. Sometimes this operation is done using minimally invasive laparoscopic (key hole) surgery.
Hernia repairCPT codeDescriptor49507Repair initial inguinal hernia, age 5 years or older; incarcerated or strangulated49520Repair recurrent inguinal hernia, any age; reducible49521Repair recurrent inguinal hernia, any age; incarcerated or strangulated49525Repair inguinal hernia, sliding, any age39 more rows•Apr 1, 2017
An inguinal hernia is a bulge that occurs in your groin region, the area between the lower part of your abdomen and your thigh. Inguinal hernias occur because of a weakening of the muscles in the lower abdomen. Three layers protect the intestines inside the lower abdomen.
A hernia repair is the surgical procedure to fix a hernia. This procedure is also known as herniorrhaphy. A hernia occurs when part of an internal organ or body part protrudes into an area where it should not.
An incarcerated inguinal hernia is a hernia that becomes stuck in the groin or scrotum and cannot be massaged back into the abdomen. An incarcerated hernia is caused by swelling and can lead to a strangulated hernia, in which the blood supply to the incarcerated small intestine is jeopardized.
Indirect inguinal hernias are the most common type of groin hernia. Indirect inguinal hernias occur when abdominal content such as fat or bowel pushes down along the inguinal canal. What is the inguinal canal? It is the tunnel through which a man's vas deferens and testicular vessels travel down into the scrotum.
4. Codes 49491–49651 describe unilateral hernia repair procedures; if performed bilaterally (same approach, same condition), append modifier 50 Bilateral procedure to the appropriate code to report bilateral hernia repair (e.g., bilateral recurrent inguinal hernias).Mar 1, 2021
A bilateral hernia is a condition in which someone has hernias in both the right and left sides of the groin.
Background: Fatty Inguinal Hernia [FIH] is inguinal defect filled with Extraperitoneal fat and no sac. Laparoscopic repair of an inguinal hernia requires the presence of a SAC, either direct or indirect inguinal hernia. Many surgeons aborted the laparoscopic surgery in absence of the sac.