tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2006 Issue 12
UPDATE ~ Make Sure You Properly Report AlloDerm During Hernia Repair
49568 isn't the answer, AMA says In July, General Surgery Coding Alert reported that when the surgeon uses AlloDerm (human regenerative tissue) instead of mesh for ventral hernia repair, you may consider the AlloDerm to be a prosthesis and therefore report +49568 (Implantation of mesh or other prosthesis for incisional ventral hernia repair [list separately in addition to code for the incisional or ventral hernia repair]) for its use (see -Mesh Isn't the Only Prosthesis for Hernia Repair- later in this issue). But the AMA recently suggested that another code is better suited for this purpose. Look to an...
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