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Coder-To-Coder Forum
Started by snoopy at 10-05-2009 1:31 PM. Topic has 2 replies.
  
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 10-05-2009, 1:31 PM
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snoopy
Joined on 10-06-2009
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On an OP chart the x-ray states pleural effusion, if no treatment or a thoracentsis is being done is it coded?
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11-04-2009, 9:36 AM
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handmaid
Joined on 09-19-2006
Georgia
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Yes, for outpatient assuming that no definitive diagnosis is present such as CHF to which the pleural effusion would be an integral component.
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12-28-2009, 4:37 PM
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rockymeet
Joined on 09-08-2009
jaipur
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