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Oct 15th, 2013 - Olerip56 15 

Hernia Surgery

Dr. did an open umbilical hernia repair and a LT inguinal hernia repair with mesh:
I coded it as such: patient was over 5 yrs. of age.
49505 LT
49587 51
Am I correct in adding the 51 modifier to the second procedure code?



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