Spinal Epidural Abcess Drainage

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Category/Organ System:	Category: Infection (old)
Type:	Category: Surgical Procedure (old)
Main Diagnosis:	Spinal Epidural Abcess Drainage
Sub Diagnosis:	SPINAL EPIDURAL ABSCESS DRAINAGE
Diagnosis Code:	8000 - Spinal Epidural Abcess Drainage
Comorbid Diagnosis:	No
Charlson Comorbid coding (pre ICD10):	0
Program:	CC & Med
Status:	Currently Collected

Notes: replaced July 24 - had been missing

Question

• Why is this abscess drainage in the infection section? Should it not be in the procedures? We have an infection code for Intracranial/subdural or epidural abcess or septic intracanial throm already.

None of our other abscess drainage procedures are in the infection section. This is inconsistent. --LKolesar 13:51, 2016 February 19 (CST)