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Follow These Steps for Coding of PICC With Port

Published on Tue Jun 22, 2021

Question: My interventional radiologist created a small incision over the patient’s vein in his forearm and inserted a guidewire. Under imaging guidance, the radiologist introduced a central venous catheter and moved it forward over the guidewire until it reached the superior vena cava. They then made an incision in the patient’s chest and created a separate pocket to place a [...]
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