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Abscess catheter placed at the laminectomy site
Date: Dec 15, 2021
Question:
An abscess catheter was placed at "tip of the abscess drain was identified along the laminectomy site with successful drainage of the subcutaneous and deep fluid collections." It appears by looking imaging that the patient has several abscesses after her laminectomy. They aren't calling this a CSF collection, so I'm not sure how to really code/charge for this. When I queried the doc if this was a subcutaneous collection or deep, he said, "Deep at the laminectomy site." What would I code for this? 10160?
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