How Should I Code a Fibrinolytic Agent Instillation Via Chest Tube?
Different calendar dates matter, but multiple instillations the same day do not.
Question: My pulmonologist inserted a chest tube and then instilled a fibrinolytic agent to break up multiloculations to free up an entrapped lung. Usually, I use 32560 for this procedure, which is for pleurodesis, not fibrinolysis. What code should I use for fibrinolytic agent […]
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