Post procedure Pneumothorax
If a patient has a pneumothorax following a thoracic surgery, it is excluded as a PSI d/t the thoracic surgery. However, what if the pt has the Pneumothorax, that is believed to have been resolved, but the chest tube has to be reinserted as the follow up chest xray after the removal shows the pneumothorax again. Should this be documented as the same pneumothorax, or is this considered to be a new one pneumothorax and should it be excluded as a PSI?