AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1994 Fourth Quarter

Phlebotomy

Phlebotomy is defined as incision of vein. However, it is clinically used to mean puncture of a vein in order to therapeutically remove blood from a patient with one of several different conditions (e.g., hemochromatosis, polycythemia vera) or merely to withdraw blood for diagnostic testing. Venipuncture is a puncture of the vein and is a term synonymous with phlebotomy used to withdraw blood for diagnostic testing. Effective October 1, 1994, changes have been made to the index and the tabular of Volume Three to clarify that phlebotomy is included under code 38.99, Other puncture of vein, and...

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