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== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
*This is intended for such openings that they come in with, i.e. had PRIOR to the start of ''this'' database record.  
*This is intended for such openings that they come in with, i.e. had PRIOR to the start of ''this'' database record.  
*Of course during the database record when the artificial opening was created, the sole correct code is a CCI code for that procedure, e.g:  
*Of course during the database record when the artificial opening was created, the sole correct code is a CCI code for that procedure, e.g: [[Chest tube, left in place]]
[[Chest tube, left in place]])
*This applies equally if the artificial opening is still patent, but there is no longer a device in it.
*This applies equally if the artificial opening is still patent, but there is no longer a device in it.