Billing Codes

38831

Thoracoscopy or thoracotomy and drainage of paraneumonic effusion and empyema, exploratory, with or without biopsy, other than a service associated with a service to which item 18258, 18260, 38815, 38816, 38828, 38829, 38830, 38832, 38833 or 38834 applies (H) (Anaes.) (Assist.)

MBS fee
$1720.65
DVA fee
$1677.05
Category
Category 3 — Therapeutic Procedures
Status
Unchanged
Additional DVA rates
RMFS In-Hosp
$2348.00
Full description

Thoracoscopy or thoracotomy and drainage of paraneumonic effusion and empyema, exploratory, with or without biopsy, other than a service associated with a service to which item 18258, 18260, 38815, 38816, 38828, 38829, 38830, 38832, 38833 or 38834 applies (H) (Anaes.) (Assist.)

Fee history

No recorded changes yet — history accumulates with each release.

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