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== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
*This identifies interventions to control bleeding, not remove or evacuate blood or a hematoma or clot.
*Banding of varices (e.g. esophageal varices) is included here.
{{CCI_Therapeutic}}
{{CCI_Therapeutic}}


== Alternate CCIs to consider coding instead or in addition ==
== Alternate CCIs to consider coding instead or in addition ==
* does not include drainage/evacuation of the blood, use [[Drainage, Evacuation]] for that
*For drainage or evacuation of blood, hematoma, or clot, use '''[[Drainage, Evacuation]]'''
 
*a different code in [[:Category:Therapeutic Procedure]]
* a different code in [[:Category:Therapeutic Procedure]]
{{ListCCICategory | categoryName = Therapeutic Procedure}}
{{ListCCICategory | categoryName = Therapeutic Procedure}}