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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. | ||