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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
*Refers to efforts to drain or evacuate either abnormal fluid, clot, pus, etc. | *Refers to efforts to drain or evacuate either abnormal fluid, clot, pus, etc. and eliminates the fluid from the body | ||
** forming a colostomy is not drainage because stool is not an abnormal fluid, code as [[Bypass]]) | ** forming a colostomy is not drainage because stool is not an abnormal fluid, code as [[Bypass]]) | ||
*The method of drainage can be anything: open surgical, percutaneous, etc. | *The method of drainage can be anything: open surgical, percutaneous, etc. | ||