Should the spleen need to be removed surgically (splenectomy), the risk of certain infections increases, and the patient will need to make certain that their immunizations are up to date, especially against pneumococcus, meningococcus and haemophilus influenzae.
The Uniform Task Based Management System (UTBMS) is a series of codes used to classify the legal services performed by a law firm in an electronic invoice submission. The codes are broken out into time codes, activity codes, and expense codes.
The destruction of lesions codes have been revised to differentiate those codes used for premalignant lesions and those used for benign lesions. The 1700x group of codes will be used only for treatment of premalignant lesions: CPTÂ® Code Description-17000 Destruction (e.g., laser surgery, electrosurgery, cryosurgery,