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SCLEROTHERAPY W/LARYNGOSCOPIC VISUALIZATION

Date: Feb 26, 2020

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Please help with code for laryngoscopic visualization, Medicare guidelines notwithstanding... "FINDINGS: Using a 25g butterfly and Alligator 170mls of Doxycycline (17mls) placed in multiple sites in the posterior pharynx and peri epiglottis under laryngoscopic visualization until distension was achieved. At no site was blood aspirated prior to Doxycycline injection. Images were obtained under laryngoscopy only.   IMPRESSION: Successful laryngoscopically guided injection of Doxycycline into the peripharyngeal vallecula and tongue base LM."

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