Abdominal wall surgery is a procedure that improves the appearance of flabby, stretched-out abdominal (belly) muscles and skin. It is often called a tummy tuck.
Abdominal wall surgery is a procedure that improves the appearance of flabby, stretched-out abdominal (belly) muscles and skin. It is often called a tummy tuck.
Field Name: Field Value: Revision: 9th Revision: Code Type: Procedure: Code: 5472: Description: Abdomen wall repair NEC (Other repair of abdominal wall)
2013 Complex Abdominal Wall/Hernia Repair Coding Observations Artist’s rendering Surgeon’s Procedure Codes Relative Value Units (RVUs) Non Facility / Facility Physician . 53.75 Repair of diaphragmatic hernia, abdominal approach, not otherwise specified 163-165, 326-328, 907-909, . 879.5 Open wound of abdominal wall, lateral, complicated
54.72 Other repair of abdominal wall . ICD-9-PCS Code . Short Title: Abdomen wall repair NEC 54.72 is a billable procedure code.-ICD-9-PCS Chapters, Sections & Parents 42-54 Operations On The Digestive System. 54 Other operations on abdominal region. Includes: • operations on: • epigastric region • flank • groin region • hypochondrium .
Postoperative Wound Dehiscence Rate . Patient Safety Indicators #14 . Technical Specifications . Provider-Level Indicator . AHRQ Quality Indicators, Version 4.4, March 2012 . . 5472 ABDOMEN WALL REPAIR NEC 5473 PERITONEAL REPAIR NEC 5474 OMENTAL REPAIR NEC 5475 MESENTERIC REPAIR NEC 5492 REMOVE FB FROM PERITON 5493 CREATE CUANPERITON FIST 5494 CREAT PERITONEOVAS SHUNT
When abdominal pain is chronic and unremitting, with minimal or no relationship to eating or bowel function but often a relationship to posture (i.e., lying, sitting, standing), the abdominal wall should be suspected as the source of pain. Frequently, a localized, tender trigger point can be identified, although the pain may radiate over a diffuse area of the abdomen. If tenderness is unchanged or increased when abdominal muscles are tensed (positive Carnett's sign), the abdominal wall is .
Postoperative Wound Dehiscence Rate . Pediatric Quality Indicators #11 . Technical Specifications . Provider-Level Indicator . AHRQ Quality Indicators, Version 4.4, . 5472 ABDOMEN WALL REPAIR NEC 5473 PERITONEAL REPAIR NEC 5474 OMENTAL REPAIR NEC 5475 MESENTERIC REPAIR NEC 5492 REMOVE FB FROM PERITON . 5674 URETERONEOCYSTOSTOMY 5675 TRANSURETEROURETEROSTOMY 5683 URETEROSTOMY CLOSURE 5684 CLOSE URETER FISTULA NEC 5685 URETEROPEXY
Background: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) has been documented in up to 20% of infants after repair of gastroschisis and is responsible for significant morbidity. . we can confirm the absence of any correlation between NEC and primary versus staged abdominal wall repair and also the trend toward delayed onset of enteral feeding in the NEC group.
Abdominal wall reconstruction may be necessary after failed closure of a celiotomy wound, or when components of the abdominal wall are either injured or absent.