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    Wiki what CPT to used in an Abdominal Paracentesis with draining catheter inserted (image guided) to drain malignant ascites for 5 days? (49083 vs 49406)

    what CPT to used in an Abdominal Paracentesis with draining catheter inserted (image guided) to drain malignant ascites for 5 days? (Abdominal paracentesis with image guidance 49083 vs 49406 image guided peritoneal draining catheter)
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    Wiki paracentesis - help!

    Our providers are always coding 96365 with the paracentesis codes in order to capture the albumin infusion. I delete the 96365 code due to CCI edits. Everybody is divided here as to whether I should be doing this. Does anybody know whether I am making a mistake by dropping the infusion code?
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