Job Duties. Echo technicians are responsible for preparing patients and diagnostic equipment for imaging procedures. They also explain procedures to patients. After positioning the patient, an echo tech applies gel that aids in sound transmission to the patient's skin before using the diagnostic equipment to create images of the patient's heart.
How the ICD Is Put into the Body. The ICD is usually implanted on the left side of your chest. Implantation does not require open heart surgery (your chest will not be opened). During implantation: An incision is made in the skin below the collarbone.This creates a âpocketâ to hold the ICD.ow the ICD Is Put into the Body. The ICD is usually implanted on the left side of your chest. Implantation does not require open heart surgery (your chest will not be opened). During implantation: An incision is made in the skin below the collarbone.
ICD-10 Chest Tube Insertion, Chest Port Removal and Peritoneal Port Removal. Produced by: MedLearn Publishing. Nothing reinforces instruction better than actual case studies. This is especially true of interventional radiology coding, which comes with some of the most complicated rules in all of medicine. The Interventional Radiology Case Studies contain documentation from actual IR procedures, so you can better understand how to correctly assign both CPTÂ® and ICD-9 codes. To help your facility prepare for the October 2013 transition to ICD-10 codes, ICD-9 to ICD-10 crosswalks are included with every case.