Chest tube, left in place: Difference between revisions
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**As per the rules for procedures, when at the same sitting there was a diagnostic procedure AND a therapeutic one, you code BOTH. | **As per the rules for procedures, when at the same sitting there was a diagnostic procedure AND a therapeutic one, you code BOTH. | ||
***So if a chest tube is inserted and some of that fluid is sent off for diagnostic testing, then also code [[Thoracentesis (diagnostic)]] | ***So if a chest tube is inserted and some of that fluid is sent off for diagnostic testing, then also code [[Thoracentesis (diagnostic)]] | ||
'''Includes''' | |||
* pigtail catheter | |||
* pleurx catheter drain | |||
'''Excludes''' | |||
**There could be an unusual circumstance where a therapeutic drainage is done WITHOUT a tube being left in place, in which case instead of this code, you'd use components: | **There could be an unusual circumstance where a therapeutic drainage is done WITHOUT a tube being left in place, in which case instead of this code, you'd use components: | ||
***[[(T) Pleura]] plus | ***[[(T) Pleura]] plus | ||
***[[Drainage, Evacuation]] | ***[[Drainage, Evacuation]] | ||
{{CCI Collection Mode}} | {{CCI Collection Mode}} | ||