Release, Decompression

CCI component 2 codes - what was done
Procedure:	Release, Decompression
CCI 2 code:	72
CCI Collection Mode:	CCI collect each

This procedure is a part of CCI Collection. This is one of the CCI component 2 codes - what was done.

Additional Info

Includes:

• fasciotomy
• escharotomy
• lysis of adhesions
• "freeing something up"
• spinal laminectomy combine this code with (T) Peripheral Nerves, NOS
• evacuation of hemorrhage eg. SDH or SAH combine with (T) Brain's Meninges, Dura, Subarachnoid, Ventricles and Drainage, Evacuation
• craniectomy - Removal of a piece of the skull to relieve pressure in the skull, after a craniectomy, the bone fragment is not immediately put back into place, combine with (T) Brain if the intent is to replace the skull bone at a later date see (T) Cranial Bones

Collecting "CCI collect each" items

• "CCI collect each" items are entered each time they happen
• Px Date
  • if an Acquired Procedure, enter the Px Date for each day that they happen
  • if an Admit Procedure leave the date blank
• Px Count
  • if they happen more than once on a day, enter the number of times for that day, otherwise enter a Px Count of 1

Px Date for patients who move

See Px Date#Moves== Alternate CCIs to consider coding instead or in addition ==

• CCI component 2 codes - what was done

Related ICD10 Codes

(enter links to ICD10 codes that would likely go with this CCI procedure, but only in case of close relation, ie not every dx that might require this procedure)

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