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Code 49424

Date: Mar 5, 2013

Question:

I have an IR case here where the MD brings the patient in for evaluation of an existing tunneled Pleurx drain (tunneled chest tube). The patient has chronic malignant pleural effusion, and complains of leaking around the tube. The MD injects the tube with contrast and reports that the tube is normal, and nothing else was done. I cannot find a code for a pleural cath injection. What codes would you suggest?

Question ID : 4378
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