AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1987 November - December

Percutaneous Biliary Drainage, 51.98

Percutaneous insertion of catheter-needle assembly into the liver with passage of catheter into desired bile duct (needle removed) for external biliary drainage is coded 51.98. When a percutaneous hepatic cholangiogram, 87.51, is performed and the catheter is either left in the common duct or is replaced by insertion of a T-tube into the duct for purposes of external biliary drainage, assign codes 51.98 and 87.51. Percutaneous biliary endoscopy through existing T-tube establishing biliary drainage into duodenum is coded 51.98. Percutaneous biliary drainage may be performed for: Decompression of biliary obstruction, 51.98 Decompression of...

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