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Help with CPT please! 42953 ? & ?
pt had subplatysmal flaps elevated. strap muscles lateralized, trachea identified. entered plane around the larynx and inherent muscles, and the area was carried down to fat between esophagus and trachea superiorly. mobilized trachea. blunt dissection used and superior portion on left side of larynx was freed and larynx rotated. An opening was found into the hypopharynx. free edges of mucosa grasped and closed with chromic sutures. pt then had sternohyoid muscle dissected free and mobilized over this area. once mobilized, this was oversewn over this area as an additional areea of security. tisseel placed over this area and placement of a JP drain was done.
pt had subplatysmal flaps elevated. strap muscles lateralized, trachea identified. entered plane around the larynx and inherent muscles, and the area was carried down to fat between esophagus and trachea superiorly. mobilized trachea. blunt dissection used and superior portion on left side of larynx was freed and larynx rotated. An opening was found into the hypopharynx. free edges of mucosa grasped and closed with chromic sutures. pt then had sternohyoid muscle dissected free and mobilized over this area. once mobilized, this was oversewn over this area as an additional areea of security. tisseel placed over this area and placement of a JP drain was done.