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== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
Postpericardiotomy syndrome (PPS) is worsening or new formation of pericardial and/or pleural effusion usually 1 to 6 weeks after cardiac surgery, as a result of autoimmune inflammatory reaction within pleural and pericardial space.
Criteria for Postpericardiotomy syndrome; a diagnosis is made if patients present with 2 out of the following 5 criteria:
* Fever
* Pericardial or pleuritic chest pain
* Pericardial or pleural friction rub
* Pericardial effusion with elevated C-reactive protein (CRP)
* Pleural effusion with elevated C-reactive protein (CRP)


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== Related CCI Codes ==
== Related CCI Codes ==
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