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An emergency department (ED) physician preforms an immediate tracheostomy on a 1-year-old that has severe head and neck trauma that is obstructing her breathing. Which CPT® code is reported?
Code 31600 states its for a planned Trachostomy- documentation states it was an 'immediate trachostomy', this was an emergency situation. Further, even if the trachostomy aws correct, code 31600 is still wrong becuse this was perfomred on a 1 year old, therefore 31601 would apply-- but does not as this was an emergent procedure for the child.
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