What CPT and HCPCS medical codes would you use for the following description a 42 year old male underwent right inguinal herniorrhaphy at ambulatory surgery center hospital?
CPT code: 49505 - Repair, inguinal hernia, any type, unilateral or bilateralHCPCS codes:
- C1810 - Repair of inguinal hernia, reducible, recurrent
- C1811 - Repair of inguinal hernia, reducible, primary
- C1812 - Repair of inguinal hernia, incarcerated
- C1813 - Repair of inguinal hernia, strangulated
- C1814 - Repair of bilateral inguinal hernias, reducible, single or recurrent
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