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== Alternate CCIs to consider coding instead or in addition ==
== Alternate CCIs to consider coding instead or in addition ==
* a different code in [[:Category:Therapeutic Procedure]]
*[[CCI component 2 codes - what was done]]
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== Related ICD10 Codes ==
== Related ICD10 Codes ==

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CCI component 2 codes - what was done
Procedure: Drainage, Evacuation
CCI 2 code: 52
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

  • This is a type of "what was done" to the body part in question --- it applies to Therapeutic Procedures only.
  • Refers to efforts to drain or evacuate either fluid, clot, pus, etc.
  • The method of drainage can be anything: open surgical, percutaneous, etc.
  • Includes the following:
    • Pericardiocentesis and/or creation of a pericardial window
    • Abscess drainage -- or incision & drainage (I&D)
    • Drainage of a collection of blood or evacuation of a blood clot (e.g. in the head) --- but it does NOT include endarterectomy or thrombectomy -- see Extraction
    • Drainage of fluid -- e.g. from a joint

Alternate CCIs to consider coding instead or in addition

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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