Open Lung Biopsy: Difference between revisions

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	*** 5/8/2007 Dr Gray stated ignore the method of entry thoracotomy /thoracoscopy and call them all open lung biopsy plus or minus pleurodesis so do we still code pleurodesis under open lung biopsy?		*** 5/8/2007 Dr Gray stated ignore the method of entry thoracotomy /thoracoscopy and call them all open lung biopsy plus or minus pleurodesis so do we still code pleurodesis under open lung biopsy?
			****no. Pleurodesis is a specific procedure to artificially obliterate the pleural space. A biopsy is the act of taking a sample of tissue for testing. --[[User:TOstryzniuk\|Trish Ostryzniuk]] 17:15, 2015 July 7 (CDT)