PDX / CODE FOR POST CARD ABLATION PERICARDITIS

jbovard1 · July 2023

HELLO ALL, I HAVE A PATIENT WHO HAD AN ABLATION AND DEVELOPED PERICARDITIS / PERCARD EFFUSION AFTER. IT WAS KNOWN AND THEY SENT HER HOME ON COLCHICINE. SHE PRESENTED 4 DAYS LATER WITH INCREASED EFFUSION AND WE DID A DRAINAGE SUBXIPHOID WITH 600CC DRAINAGE BLOOD. MY MANAGER AND I HAVE VERY DIFFERENT IDEAS ON THE PDX.

HELP! IT IS NOT PERICARD SYMDROME AS THERE WAS NO CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY.

I WONT TELL YOU EITHER OF THE 2 CODES I WOULD USE OR THE ONE MY MANAGER IS STATING. WE ARE WAITING FOR THE CODING MANAGER TO LOOK AT.

IDEAS? SUGGESTION? TIA!