Adults need to have inguinal hernia repair surgery in the following situations. 1  Hernias that contain a loop of intestine without blood supply (strangulated hernias) require emergency surgery. Hernias that contain a loop of intestine without blood supply (strangulated hernias) require emergency surgery. 2  Hernias that contain a trapped loop of intestine (incarcerated hernias) need to be repaired as soon as possible to avoid strangulation.
These are known as KVI (Known Value Items). These are sold in two ways. Normal KVIs virtualy have a price fixing agreement (which is illegal and known as a cartel). In effect everyone fixes their price to the market price so there is no advantage in going to a cheap shop for them.
ANSWER: The NPI is a unique identification number for health care providers that will. be used by all health plans in all standard transactions. The NPI is all numeric and is 10. positions in length: the first nine positions are the identifier and the last position is a. check digit.