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ICD-10-CM Code for Unilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, not specified as recurrent K40.90

ICD-10 code K40.90 for Unilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, not specified as recurrent is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the digestive system .

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Unilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, not specified as recurrent
Inguinal hernia NOS
Unilateral inguinal hernia NOS

K40

Includes: bubonocele
direct inguinal hernia
double inguinal hernia
indirect inguinal hernia
inguinal hernia NOS
oblique inguinal hernia
scrotal hernia

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Course material does not explain how to get R91.80?
[QUOTE="Mrsrpc, post: 515564, member: 798523"] "A patient presents for a pre-operative screening chest X-ray prior to surgery for a unilateral inguinal hernia. The X-ray detects an undefined abnormali... [ Read More ]
Course material does not explain how to get R91.80?
"A patient presents for a pre-operative screening chest X-ray prior to surgery for a unilateral inguinal hernia. The X-ray detects an undefined abnormality in the right lower lobe, and the radiologist... [ Read More ]
Incidental
Hello, I am an Outpatient Coding Educator for facility billing. My Quality Auditor and I are disagreeing on whether or not to abstract an ICD for the right hernia mentioned at the end of the procedur... [ Read More ]
New Left Inguinal Hernia (completed) Recurrent Right Inguinal Hernia (aborted)
Good morning, Please see below scrubbed highlights from my operative note. Does the aborted procedure bundle into the completed procedure? I would usually think so but both hernia procedures have dis... [ Read More ]
Encounter for pre-op chest x-ray
[b]Pre op chest X-Ray[/b] [QUOTE="darmandahl, post: 416570, member: 133264"]Can someone help me wrap my head on this please. Patient is having a chest x-ray to r/o respratory disease before inguinal... [ Read More ]
Encounter for pre-op chest x-ray help please icd-10 history of icd-10-cm pre-op
Can someone help me wrap my head on this please. Patient is having a chest x-ray to r/o respratory disease before inguinal repair. history CAD, HTN, and s/p CABG. Results: no respiratory disease but... [ Read More ]
CANPC Anesthesiology coding essentials book 62 p. (46-60)
CANPC Anesthesiology coding essentials for successful anesthesiology coding by Vino C. Mody Jr., M.D., COC, CPC, CCS-P, CANPC, CCVTC Case 46 Anesthesiologist provided the general endotracheal anesthes... [ Read More ]
Modifier LT & RT
I would like some help regarding the Modifier LT & RT- coding for lap right inguinal hernia 49650/K40.90(Hernia,inguinal, right) Do we have to add the modifier RT? Since the ICD 10 has been impleme... [ Read More ]
question regarding modifier LT & RT and ICD 10
I was hoping that someone could help me with this, now that ICD 10 has been implemented. If you were to code Lap Right inguinal hernia- 49650/K40.90 (Hernia, inguinal, right) Would this be the corr... [ Read More ]
Coding Edge - ? wrong answer
In the Jan. 2009 Coding Edge article on pg. 24, Deborah Grinder gave answers comparing ICD-9 & ICD-10 for Bilateral inguinal hernias - the example clearly states " initial" bilateral inguinal hernias ... [ Read More ]
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