53.17 - Bilateral Inguinal Hernia Repair With Graft Or Prosthesis, Not Otherwise Specified

The ICD 9 Code for Bilateral inguinal hernia repair with graft or prosthesis, not otherwise specified is listed as 53.17.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Volume 3 (PCS) Field	Value
Procedure Code:	53.17
Description:	Bilateral inguinal hernia repair with graft or prosthesis, not otherwise specified
Short Description:	Bil ing hrn rep-grft NOS

Chapter:	Operations on the digestive system
Subsection 1:	Repair of hernia
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0YUA07Z - Supplement Bilateral Inguinal Region with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0YUA0JZ - Supplement Bilateral Inguinal Region with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0YUA0KZ - Supplement Bilateral Inguinal Region with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 53.17:
53.10 - Bilateral repair of inguinal hernia, not otherwise specified
53.11 - Other and open bilateral repair of direct inguinal hernia
53.12 - Other and open bilateral repair of indirect inguinal hernia
53.13 - Other and open bilateral repair of inguinal hernia, one direct and one indirect
53.14 - Other and open bilateral repair of direct inguinal hernia with graft or prosthesis
53.15 - Other and open bilateral repair of indirect inguinal hernia with graft or prosthesis
53.16 - Other and open bilateral repair of inguinal hernia, one direct and one indirect, with graft or prosthesis