Hemothorax refers to an accumulation of blood in the chest cavity. Bilateral hemothorax would indicate that blood was found on either side of the sternum.
Hemothorax is a medical term meaning blood in the chest cavity.
blood: hemothorax air: pneumothorax
A pneumothorax is a pocket of air in the chest cavity, and a hemothorax is a pocket of blood.
Hemothorax is a collection of blood in the space between the chest wall and the lung (the pleural cavity).
32551 - chest tube placement 860.2 - traumatic hemothorax 511.89 - spontaneous hemothroax
The suffix would be thorax. The chest
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The medical term for the condition of blood in the chest cavity is hemothorax. This condition may result from trauma.
Pyothorax is an accumulation of pus in the pleural cavity. Hemothorax is an accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity.
Tube thoracostomy, includes water seal (eg, for abscess, hemothorax, empyema), when performed (separate procedure) (this is now CPT code 32551)