Reader Questions: Does a Clot in the Bronchus Count as a Pulmonary Embolism?
Pulmonology Coding Alert
Reader Questions:
Does a Clot in the Bronchus Count as a Pulmonary Embolism?
Published on Mon Oct 10, 2022
Question: I’m stumped as to how to code this report. The patient presented for a therapeutic aspiration to remove a partially obstructing blood clot in [...]
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