Wiki excision infected vein

[serfort]

Patient develops an infection over the IV site and the Infectious disease doctor wants the surgeon to remove the infected vein. I have searched all vein codes and can not come up with a simple removal of the infected vien of the upper extremity.

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[BABS37]

Hi! I've found several articles on this that say to code the unlisted procedure 37799 and send in the full op notes. Without reading the dictation, this is all I can suggest. I don't like coding unlisted procedures but don't see anything else. Here's some question and answer forms I found. Hope this helps!

http://www.supercoder.com/articles/...isted-procedure-code-describes-vein-excision/

http://www.facs.org/ahp/pubs/tips/tips0403.pdf

 

[serfort]

Thank you!! Happy New Year!!