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Pericardial Effusion

Date: May 18, 2023

Question:

The patient had a CABG, and 14 days after the patient has a subxiphoid pericardial window for symptomatic pericardial effusion with respirophasic variation. Is this still code 33025-78?

Question ID : 18822
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