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Wire Removal

Date: Aug 6, 2018

Question:

"A needle is advanced through the left buttock towards a fluid collection for drainage catheter placement in the CT suite. In the process, the wire becomes buckled in the soft tissues. The wire breaks and the patient is moved to the angio suite for retrieval of the retained portion of the wire using hemostats under fluoro." Is this wire removal separately billable, and if so, what CPT code? Or, is it considered part of the drainage catheter placement?

Question ID : 11239
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