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== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
*This is a type of "what was done" to the body part in question --- it applies to Therapeutic Procedures only.
*Refers to destroying the body part ''in situ'' -- does NOT refer to removing the body part, for that use one of the "Excision" items (see below).
*Refers to destroying the body part ''in situ'' -- does NOT refer to removing the body part, for that use one of the "Excision" items (see below).
**Examples include: cardiac ablation (destroys part of the conduction system of the heart in situ), vagotomy.
*'''Examples''' include:  
** cardiac ablation (destroys part of the conduction system of the heart in situ)
** vagotomy
 
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Revision as of 09:57, 27 April 2018

CCI component 2 codes - what was done
Procedure: Destruction
CCI 2 code: 59
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

  • Refers to destroying the body part in situ -- does NOT refer to removing the body part, for that use one of the "Excision" items (see below).
  • Examples include:
    • cardiac ablation (destroys part of the conduction system of the heart in situ)
    • vagotomy

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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