Current Procedural Terminology codes recently changed for documenting thoracentesis, a puncture made between the ribs to aspirate or remove accumulated fluid from the chest cavity, according to AAPC.

A 24-year-old man was admitted with a two-day history of shortness of breath and right chest pain. He had an eight-pack-year history of smoking with no significant medical history. He was febrile ...

A 72-year-old woman with a history of hypertension presented with progressive swelling of the right posterior chest wall that had been present for two days following a diagnostic thoracentesis. She ...