PA Lookup
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Insertion of indwelling tunneled pleural catheter with cuff
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Tube thoracostomy, includes connection to drainage system (eg, water seal), when performed, open (separate procedure)
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Removal of indwelling tunneled pleural catheter with cuff
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Placement of interstitial device(s) for radiation therapy guidance (eg, fiducial markers, dosimeter), percutaneous, intra-thoracic, single or multiple
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Thoracentesis, needle or catheter, aspiration of the pleural space; without imaging guidance
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Thoracentesis, needle or catheter, aspiration of the pleural space; with imaging guidance
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Pleural drainage, percutaneous, with insertion of indwelling catheter; without imaging guidance
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Pleural drainage, percutaneous, with insertion of indwelling catheter; with imaging guidance
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Instillation, via chest tube/catheter, agent for pleurodesis (eg, talc for recurrent or persistent pneumothorax)
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Instillation(s), via chest tube/catheter, agent for fibrinolysis (eg, fibrinolytic agent for break up of multiloculated effusion); initial day
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Instillation(s), via chest tube/catheter, agent for fibrinolysis (eg, fibrinolytic agent for break up of multiloculated effusion); subsequent day
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Thoracoscopy, diagnostic (separate procedure); lungs, pericardial sac, mediastinal or pleural space, without biopsy
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Thoracoscopy, diagnostic (separate procedure); pericardial sac, with biopsy
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Thoracoscopy, diagnostic (separate procedure); mediastinal space, with biopsy
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Thoracoscopy; with diagnostic biopsy(ies) of lung infiltrate(s) (eg, wedge, incisional), unilateral
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Thoracoscopy; with diagnostic biopsy(ies) of lung nodule(s) or mass(es) (eg, wedge, incisional), unilateral
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Thoracoscopy; with biopsy(ies) of pleura
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Thoracoscopy, surgical; with pleurodesis (eg, mechanical or chemical)
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Thoracoscopy, surgical; with partial pulmonary decortication
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Thoracoscopy, surgical; with total pulmonary decortication, including intrapleural pneumonolysis
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
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