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Open removal of PleurX catheter

Date: Dec 20, 2018

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How do you code an open removal of PleurX catheter? "The previously placed cuff had been removed, and an incision was created over the xiphoid process through the previous incision and secured to the skin with electrocautery, and the PleurX catheter was palpable from the inside. I cut down onto the catheter, followed this up to the undersurface of the sternum where it was firmly adherent with scar tissue. Once the scar tissue was freed up between the catheter and the sternum, the catheter was able to be easily removed from the pericardial sac. The catheter was flush with the subcutaneous tissue, and the wound was then closed in multiple layers of Vicryl sutures. The remaining portion of the catheter was then removed percutaneously. Dressings were applied."

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