resulting in acute life-threatening deterioration needing thoracentesis or thoracostomy tube/chest tube, or pericardiocentesis or pericardial drain placement (Note – placement of a chest tube or pericardial drain as part of a surgical protocol by itself does not justify a critical care code). ...
Use Ultrasonic Guidance CPT code 76942 only as Secondary code Ultrasound guidance are used for performing percutaneous surgeries. Hence, most of the procedures likethoracentesis,breast biopsy,Myelogram,spinal epidural injectionetc. needs the help of guidance for performing these procedures. Hence, the pr...