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Wiki Banana aspiration

Thread starter amsmith
Start date Aug 30, 2010

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amsmith

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Aug 30, 2010

My doctor "suctioned" out a FB (banana) during a bronchoscopy. The foreign body removal description 31635 is vague, so I checked in the CDR and it says removal using snare, basket, or biopsy forceps to grasp the FB. Does anyone know AMA guidelines on what methods can be used?

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