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A provider performed an aspiration via thoracentesis on a pa…

Posted byAnonymous January 14, 2026

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A prоvider perfоrmed аn аspirаtiоn via thoracentesis on a patient in observation status in the hospital. The patient has advanced right lung cancer that has metastasized to the pleura with malignant pleural effusion. Later the same day, due to continued accumulation of fluid, the patient was returned to the procedure room and the same provider performed a repeat thoracentesis. What ICD-10-CM codes are reported?

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