You Be the Coder:
Think Through This Thromboendarterectomy Challenge
Published on Tue Dec 13, 2022
Question: The anesthesiologist provided emergency anesthesia services to a 47-year-old Medicare patient who has multiple comorbidities and a severe systemic disease. The patient had multiple procedures performed. The first procedure was a thromboendarterectomy of the carotid artery. During surgery, the patient required placement of both an arterial line and a nontunneled central venous catheter. There are separate procedure notes for the [...]