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Clear Confusion Over Reporting Thoracentesis with Diagnostic Ultrasound

Published on Tue Jan 14, 2014

Question: My physician likes to do a thoracentesis with ultrasound imaging guidance, and then she will do a diagnostic ultrasound to check for pneumothorax. She does this instead of ordering a chest x-ray after thoracentesis; she states it is faster and more accurate to check for a pneumothorax this way. My question is can I bill for a thoracentesis (32555) [...]
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