Control of Bleeding: Difference between revisions

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== Additional Info ==

*This identifies efforts to control bleeding, '''not''' remove or evacuate blood or a hematoma or clot.

*It includes doing so by ANY/ALL methods -- e.g. surgically, embolization, banding (e.g. of varices), etc.

**It includes doing so by ANY/ALL methods -- e.g. surgically, embolization, banding (e.g. of varices), etc.

**So for example, create a code to indicate generic procedure to control bleeding of esophageal varices from components by using this PLUS the "body part" code '''[[(T) Esophagus]]'''

*But this way of coding generic procedures to control bleeding does NOT indicate the method used to do so -- but it is often possible to create another CCI code (and combine it with the "Control of Bleeding" CCI code) to indicate the method also

**For example you can combine the CCI component for Therapeutic intervention on the blood vessel of interest with the "what was done" CCI component code of '''[[Occlusion]]''' to indicate banding, or embolization, or surgical ligation, etc.

***But to do this you have to use the Therpeutic body part component code for the correct vasculature -- e.g. for esophageal bleeding you need to code the veins draining the esophagus, which for the upper esophagus would be '''[[(T) Other Vessels of Head, Neck, Spine, NOS]]''' and for the lower esophagus would be '''[[(T) Thoracic Vessels, NOS]]'''

For example, you can create a CCI code from components for banding of esophageal varices by combining '''[[Occlusion]]''' with

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 == Additional Info ==
 *This identifies efforts to control bleeding, '''not''' remove or evacuate blood or a hematoma or clot.
-*It includes doing so by ANY/ALL methods -- e.g. surgically, embolization, banding (e.g. of varices), etc.
+**It includes doing so by ANY/ALL methods -- e.g. surgically, embolization, banding (e.g. of varices), etc.
+**So for example, create a code to indicate generic procedure to control bleeding of esophageal varices from components by using this PLUS the "body part" code '''[[(T) Esophagus]]'''
+*But this way of coding generic procedures to control bleeding does NOT indicate the method used to do so -- but it is often possible to create another CCI code (and combine it with the "Control of Bleeding" CCI code) to indicate the method also
+**For example you can combine the CCI component for Therapeutic intervention on the blood vessel of interest with the "what was done" CCI component code of '''[[Occlusion]]''' to indicate banding, or embolization, or surgical ligation, etc.
+***But to do this you have to use the Therpeutic body part component code for the correct vasculature -- e.g. for esophageal bleeding you need to code the veins draining the esophagus, which for the upper esophagus would be '''[[(T) Other Vessels of Head, Neck, Spine, NOS]]''' and for the lower esophagus would be '''[[(T) Thoracic Vessels, NOS]]'''
+For example, you can create a CCI code from components for banding of esophageal varices by combining '''[[Occlusion]]''' with
 {{CCI_Therapeutic}}