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- Published on Sat, Apr 01, 2000 Question: A patient has repair of recurrent right inguinal hernia and initial left inguinal hernia with no obstruction or gangrene. What diagnosis codes would you use? This also reflects their chronology of onset or treatment. If any CPT procedure codes for recurrent and initial repair are submitted, you might want to append the HCPCS modifiers-LT (left side) and-RT (right side) to indicate which side the recurrent hernia was on. 1 An abdominal hernia with an external bulge in the groin region. 2  It can be classified by the location of herniation. 3  Indirect inguinal hernias occur through the internal inguinal ring. 1 It can be classified by the location of herniation. 2  Indirect inguinal hernias occur through the internal inguinal ring. 3  Direct inguinal hernias occur through defects in the abdominal wall (transversalis fascia) in hesselbach's triangle. 4  The former type is commonly seen in children and young adults; the latter in adults. An inguinal hernia /ˈɪŋɡwɨnəl ˈhɜrniə/ is a protrusion of abdominal-cavity contents through the inguinal canal. The deep inguinal ring, which is the beginning of the inguinal canal, remains as an opening in the fascia transversalis, which forms the fascial inner wall of the spermatic cord. When the opening is larger than necessary for passage of the spermatic cord, the stage is set for an indirect inguinal hernia. About 27% of males and 3% of females develop a groin hernia at some time in their life. Groin hernias occur most often before the age of one and after the age of fifty. Inguinal, femoral and abdominal hernias resulted in 51,000 deaths in 2013 and 55,000 in 1990. The deep inguinal ring, which is the beginning of the inguinal canal, remains as an opening in the fascia transversalis, which forms the fascial inner wall of the spermatic cord. When the opening is larger than necessary for passage of the spermatic cord, the stage is set for an indirect inguinal hernia. SuperCoder Posted 3 years ago. Yes, as two different types of hernia repair are done on inguinal region for both left and right, you should not use bilateral code with single Dx as two repairs are not the same. For incarcerated, irreducibility, or stangulation, you should use 550.10 and for reducible, 550.90 Inguinal hernia. 1  K40 is not a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code and cannot be used to indicate a medical diagnosis. 2  Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes. 3  This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K40. 4  Other international ICD-10 versions may differ. 1 It can be classified by the location of herniation. 2  Indirect inguinal hernias occur through the internal inguinal ring. 3  Direct inguinal hernias occur through defects in the abdominal wall (transversalis fascia) in hesselbach's triangle. 4  The former type is commonly seen in children and young adults; the latter in adults. 1 Indirect inguinal hernias occur through the internal inguinal ring. 2  Direct inguinal hernias occur through defects in the abdominal wall (transversalis fascia) in hesselbach's triangle. 3  The former type is commonly seen in children and young adults; the latter in adults. 1 An abdominal hernia with an external bulge in the groin region. 2  It can be classified by the location of herniation. 3  Indirect inguinal hernias occur through the internal inguinal ring. 4  Direct inguinal hernias occur through defects in the abdominal wall (transversalis fascia) in hesselbach's triangle 1 An abdominal hernia with an external bulge in the groin region. 2  It can be classified by the location of herniation. 3  Indirect inguinal hernias occur through the internal inguinal ring. 4  Direct inguinal hernias occur through defects in the abdominal wall (transversalis fascia) in hesselbach's triangle. 1 It can be classified by the location of herniation. 2  Indirect inguinal hernias occur through the internal inguinal ring. 3
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dx code for left inguinal hernia