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Retained Products of Conception Do Not Equal Complication
Published on Fri Mar 11, 2016
Question: A patient had an elective abortion elsewhere. She came to our clinic, and the ob-gyn performed a dilation and curettage for retained products of conception that were not completely removed from her previous procedure. Should we consider this a complication of the elective abortion? Should I use O08.7 or O08.89? California Subscriber Answer: Whenever a patient has retained products of conception [...]