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== Additional Info ==

*This is the "wastebasket" code for the category of "what was done" to the body part in question.

This is the "wastebasket" code for the category of "what was done" to the body part in question.

*~~Includes~~ removal of internal devices

Includes:

* includes: ureteric stents, nephrostomy tubes, esophageal stent, IVC filter, pleurodesis (if pleurodesis is done as part of Vats procedure with thoracotomy, then pleurodesis is not coded separately, only use (T) Pleura + Excision, Resection)

* removal of internal devices, including ureteric stents, nephrostomy tubes, esophageal stent, IVC filter, pleurodesis (if pleurodesis is done as part of Vats procedure with thoracotomy, then pleurodesis is not coded separately, only use (T) Pleura + Excision, Resection)

* ~~does not include~~ tunneled catheters, foley, NG, drains, chest tubes, pacing wires, FMS

Excludes:

* tunneled catheters, foley, NG, drains, chest tubes, pacing wires, FMS

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* We have a page [[List of CCI procedures we don't code]] where we list some of these. It might be better to not list them here separately but to instead link to that more comprehensive page. I didn't just make the edit because I wanted to make sure that there are no specific reasons not to do that from how a data collector would think about this. [[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 11:35, 2022 October 19 (CDT)

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Is that next line about autotranspland also included, or is it excluded? [[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 11:35, 2022 October 19 (CDT)

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*Autotransplant - Ex. [[(T) Kidney]] + Therapeutic Intervention, NOS.

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 == Additional Info ==
-*This is the "wastebasket" code for the category of "what was done" to the body part in question.
+This is the "wastebasket" code for the category of "what was done" to the body part in question.
-*Includes removal of internal devices
+Includes:
-* includes: ureteric stents, nephrostomy tubes, esophageal stent, IVC filter, pleurodesis (if pleurodesis is done as part of Vats procedure with thoracotomy, then pleurodesis is not coded separately, only use (T) Pleura + Excision, Resection)
+*  removal of internal devices, including ureteric stents, nephrostomy tubes, esophageal stent, IVC filter, pleurodesis (if pleurodesis is done as part of Vats procedure with thoracotomy, then pleurodesis is not coded separately, only use (T) Pleura + Excision, Resection)
-* does not include tunneled catheters, foley, NG, drains, chest tubes, pacing wires, FMS
+Excludes:
+*  tunneled catheters, foley, NG, drains, chest tubes, pacing wires, FMS
+{{DL |
+* We have a page [[List of CCI procedures we don't code]] where we list some of these. It might be better to not list them here separately but to instead link to that more comprehensive page. I didn't just make the edit because I wanted to make sure that there are no specific reasons not to do that from how a data collector would think about this. [[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 11:35, 2022 October 19 (CDT)
+}}
+{{DL |
+Is that next line about autotranspland also included, or is it excluded? [[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 11:35, 2022 October 19 (CDT)
+}}
 *Autotransplant - Ex. [[(T) Kidney]] + Therapeutic Intervention, NOS.