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Jun 5th, 2013 - olushogo

CPT® 32552

CPT® 32552. Is this a code both for removal and reinsertion or removal alone?

A 78-year-old patient with bilateral, lower lobe lung cancer has been in the hospital for seven days with a
tunneled chest tube in place to drain fluid from the pleural space. The chest tube currently is inserted between
the 4th and 5th intercostal space on the left side. There is a very bad infection at the insertion site. The
physician removes this chest tube and inserts another tube in between the 4th and 5th intrecostal space on the
right side to continue fluid drainage. The tube placed today is just as if the one removed only sterile. What
CPT® and ICD-9-CM codes should be reported?
a. 32422,162.9 c. 32552,32551-50,162.5,197.0
b. 32552,32550,162.5 d. 32550,162.3,162.9



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