sferguson
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My surgeon was called in to find a broken epidural catheter. His OP note procedures are:
1. Attempted foreign body removal from the back
2. Intermediate layered closure of 2.5 cm back wound
3. Intraoperative soft tissue ultrasound to the back
I cannot find a code for 1. and have found that there isn't a code for wound exploration for back/flank. Also the catheter was lost in the muscle and never found.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
1. Attempted foreign body removal from the back
2. Intermediate layered closure of 2.5 cm back wound
3. Intraoperative soft tissue ultrasound to the back
I cannot find a code for 1. and have found that there isn't a code for wound exploration for back/flank. Also the catheter was lost in the muscle and never found.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?