Surgical Coding Mysteries: The Case of the Separate Mesh
Beware Separate Mesh Removal Question: The surgeon performed the following: Made 10 cm supraumbilical transverse incision with 15-blade scalpel carried down through subcutaneous tissue using Bovie. Used combination electrocautery and blunted dissection to isolate area of scar tissue on patient’s right side. Noted sutures from previous umbilical hernia repair and mesh from right-lower abdominal hernia repair. Excised [...] Related articles:
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Categories: +11008, 13101, 49000, Coding Challenge, laparotomy, mesh, surgery Tags: Abdomen, Abdominal Exploration, biopsy, Blade, Closure, Debridement, Dissection, electrocautery, Hernia Repair, laparotomy, mesh, Mysteries, Scalpel, Scar Revision, Scar Tissue, Soft Tissue Infection, Sutures, Transverse Incision