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Use These Tips for Coding Thrombolytic Therapy

Published on Tue Dec 02, 2025

Hint: There are 3 main types of thrombolytic therapy procedures. Thrombolytic therapy, or thrombolysis treatment, dissolves blood clots and can restore normal blood flow in the body. It can be used for conditions such as heart attack, stroke, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and with blood clots aka pulmonary embolisms (PE) in both the lungs and legs. In other cases, it [...]
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