AMA CPT® Assistant - 2007 Issue 4 (April)

Surgery: Respiratory System (April 2007)

April 2007 page 11c Coding Communication:Surgery: Respiratory System Question What is the appropriate code to report for placement of two chest tubes inserted into the pleural cavity, one on the left side and one on the right side, in the same setting? AMA Comment Code 32020, Tube thoracostomy with or without water seal (eg, for abscess, hemothorax, empyema) (separate procedure), describes the insertion of a tube through one of the intercostal spaces into the pleural cavity. Fluid is drained from the pleural cavity through the tube. If the chest tubes are inserted into the pleural cavity on both the...

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