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Here's What Differentiates TAP Catheter and Block
Published on Wed Aug 12, 2020
Question: What is a TAP catheter, and what’s the correct way to code for it? Mississippi Subscriber Answer: Providers sometime use transverses abdominis plane (TAP) catheters as an alternative to epidural analgesia after upper abdominal surgery. An anesthesiologist might also use a TAP catheter as an adjunct to their anesthesia during an abdominal laparoscopic procedure. Although TAP catheters have been [...]