A patient was in respiratory failure and his family called the paramedics. He was intubated in the field and was bagged during the ambulance ride. Once he arrived at the hospital with the endotracheal tube in place, he was place on a ventilator. He was quite ill and remained on a ventilator for more than a month. The patient underwent a tracheostomy on day 10 of his stay
Answer the following question about the (open) tracheostomy procedure.
Under what section of the PCS manual would this procedure fall?
Answer: 0 – Medical and Surgical.
What is the Body System?
Answer: Respiratory System
What is the Root Operation, and how is it defined?
Answer: Bypass – Altering the route of passage of the contents of a tubular body part.
What is the Body Part and what is its value?
What is the Approach and what is its value?
What is the Device and what is its value?
What is the Qualifier and what is its value?
What is the complete code for this procedure?
What will be an ideal response?
Under what section of the PCS manual would this procedure fall?
Answer: 0 – Medical and Surgical.
What is the Body System?
Answer: Respiratory System
What is the Root Operation, and how is it defined?
Answer: Bypass – Altering the route of passage of the contents of a tubular body part.
What is the Body Part and what is its value?
Answer: 1 - Trachea
What is the Approach and what is its value?
Answer: 0 - Open
What is the Device and what is its value?
Answer: F- Tracheostomy Device
What is the Qualifier and what is its value?
Answer: 4 – Cutaneous
What is the complete code for this procedure?
Answer: 0B110F4
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