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Wiki Bronchial lavage

Thread starter NMURPHY8366
Start date Nov 14, 2017

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NMURPHY8366

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Nov 14, 2017

Hello. I have a doctor that performed a bronchial lavage and suctioned out mucus from the patient's lung. The coder is coding a code for the lavage and an aspiration code. Does an aspiration code need to be billed for this procedure?

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