Editors:
Todd W. Thomsen, MD, Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA, Division of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, Gary S. Setnik, MD, FACEP, Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine,Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School,Boston, MA
Section Editors:
Phillip M. Harter, MD, Assistant Professor Stanford University School of Medicine Director, Stanford-Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency Division of Emergency Medicine Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Contributors:
Valerie Vigil, MD, Emergency Medicine Resident, Stanford-Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency, Todd W. Thomsen, MD, Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA, Division of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
CPT codes:
Video Length:
7:29
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Editors:
Michael L. Tuggy, MD, Jorge Garcia, MD
Medical Writer:
Donna Coffman, MD
Contributors:
Eric Skye, MD,Kenneth Hu, MD,Brett White, MD
CPT codes:
49080* Peritoneocentesis, abdominal paracentesis, or peritoneal lavage; initial
49081* Peritoneocentesis, abdominal paracentesis, or peritoneal lavage; subsequent
*Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) allows additional payment for a tray for this procedure when it is performed in a physician's office. Charge appropriately using code "99070—Surgical tray".
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3:15
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