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 == Additional Info ==
-*This identifies interventions to control bleeding, not remove or evacuate blood or a hematoma or clot.
+*This identifies efforts to control bleeding, not remove or evacuate blood or a hematoma or clot.
-*Included here is:
+*This type of procedure could be used alone to represent control of bleeding, but it could also be used along with another procedure that represents HOW the bleeding was controlled.  THe most prominent among those is a procedure for '''[[Occlusion]]''' of the vessel -- which covers banding (e.g. of varices) and embolization (e.g. coil embolization).
-**Banding of varices (e.g. esophageal varices) is included here.
-**Embolization (including coil embolization) to stop bleeding.
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