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Wiki Pleurodesis

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prabha

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What should be the code for the following procedure?

The patient's chest tube was flushed with saline. A mixture of
Bleomycin and Lidocaine was injected into the chest tube. The chest tube
is left clamped for 1 hour and is to be evaluated in 1 hour.
 
I may be wrong on this. The subject says pleurodesis but the report may be something else like an E&M code.

Anyone else?

Diane Huston, CPC,RCC
 
Pleurodesis is achieved by putting one of any number of chemicals agents like sclerosants into the pleural space. The sclerosant irritates the pleurae which results in inflammation and causes the pleurae to adhere. Commonly used sclerosants is bleomycin .here the whole procedure is not mentioned but still it is a pleurodesis only so can bill 32560
 
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rajalakshmir said:
Pleurodesis is achieved by putting one of any number of chemicals agents like sclerosants into the pleural space. The sclerosant irritates the pleurae which results in inflammation and causes the pleurae to adhere. Commonly used sclerosants is bleomycin .here the whole procedure is not mentioned but still it is a pleurodesis only so can bill 32560
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Yes she is perfectly correct
 
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