
Indications for Preoperative Pulmonary Function Testing
Purpose: | To determine if pulmonary function testing should be done as part of the preoperative patient evaluation. |
Specialty: | Pulmonology General Surgery |
Objective: | other testing, surgery |
ICD-10: | J00-J99 |
Description: | Pulmonary function studies may be indicated as part of the preoperative assessment for a patient with risk factors for pulmonary complications associated with surgery. |
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