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47011

Date: Jul 22, 2011

Question:

For five hepatic cysts that were drained, 10-20cc each with a yueh cath just for theraputic reasons, would you use 47011x5? The coder says to use 10022x5 because he didn't make an incision. Does the blade knick for insertion of catheter fall under incision subterm in the cpt book? Paracentesis and other absess drainage are under incision also. Thanks,

Question ID : 3129
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