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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
*Combined with the appropriate [[CCI component 1 codes - what organ was something done to]], this can be used to code thrombolysis of any vascular or nonvascular blood clot. | *Combined with the appropriate [[CCI component 1 codes - what organ was something done to]], this can be used to code thrombolysis of any vascular or nonvascular blood clot. | ||
*Includes use of any thrombolytic agent | *Includes use of any thrombolytic agent | ||
** alteplase (Activase) | ** alteplase (Activase) | ||
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** urokinase (Abbokinase) | ** urokinase (Abbokinase) | ||
'''Includes''' | |||
* Examples: | |||
** with [[(T) Coronary Arteries]] for MI | |||
** with [[(T) Pulmonary Artery]] for PE | |||
** with [[(T) Intracranial Vessels]] for ischemic stroke | |||
** '''and many more''' | |||
** with ''a body cavity code'' for hematoma clot lysis | |||
** intrapleural thrombolysis, combine with [[(T) Pleura]] | |||
** with [[(T) Brain's Meninges, Dura, Subarachnoid, Ventricles]] or [[(T) Brain]] injected through EVD to reduce clot burden | |||
'''Excludes''' | |||
*Does '''not include clot stabilizer agents''' such as any sort of heparin, coumadin, aspirin or other NSAIDs, clopidogrel or any other anti-platelet agent. | *Does '''not include clot stabilizer agents''' such as any sort of heparin, coumadin, aspirin or other NSAIDs, clopidogrel or any other anti-platelet agent. | ||
*do not use this code for clogged central lines, PICC or NG | *do not use this code for clogged central lines, PICC or NG | ||