Edit CCI PickList Procedure: Chest tube, left in place

Additional Info[edit]

*The most important distinction here is whether there was purely a '''[[Thoracentesis (diagnostic)]]''' or a therapeutic drainage done. **As per the rules for procedures, when at the same sitting there was a diagnostic procedure AND a therapeutic one, you code BOTH. ***So if a chest tube is inserted and some of that fluid is sent off for diagnostic testing, then also code [[Thoracentesis (diagnostic)]] '''Includes''' * pigtail catheter * pleurx catheter drain '''Excludes''' **There could be an unusual circumstance where a therapeutic drainage is done WITHOUT a tube being left in place, in which case instead of this code, you'd use components: ***[[(T) Pleura]] plus ***[[Drainage, Evacuation]] {{CCI Collection Mode}} {{CCI_Therapeutic}}

Alternate CCIs to consider coding instead or in addition[edit]

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Related ICD10 Codes[edit]

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