CPT Knowledgebase - Jul 27, 2006

A serious accident patient arrived in the emergency department with a hemothorax. The emergency department physician performed a tube thoracostomy for the hemothorax, inserting a tube for drainage. Would it be appropriate to report code 32002 for insertion of this tube, which will remain in place until the hemothorax has been resolved?

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