Control of Bleeding: Difference between revisions
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**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. | **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]]''' | ***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]]''' | ||
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