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Wiki What cpt code? Is ok to bill 55450

kviolet

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Procedural/Moderate Sedation Administered: No.

Performed By:
? Performed by
ED Attending

Procedure Type:
? Procedure Type
Other
? Other Procedure
reduction of paraphimosis

Preparation:
Patient was placed in the supine The procedure site was prepped with.

Anesthesia:
? Local anesthesia was accomplished by infiltration with 1% lidocaine ml of.
? Analgesics: morphine 2 mg of.

Regional Block:
? Regional Block
not administered

Post Procedure:
? Post Procedure
urine obtained

Complications:
? Complications
Procedure tolerated well with no complications

Additional Comments:
? Additional Comments: 6 year old male who had a paraphimosis for 15 hr prior to presentation. Patient had a topical anesthetic placed (LMX) and ice. Manual pressure applied with ice x 10 minutes by fellow. Patient received 0.1mg/kg of IV morphine 5 min prior to reduction. Reduction sucessfully with no complication. Slight hypopigmentation of skin around glans noted. GU consulted for follow.
 
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