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If a patients chest is left open after a CABG, should they be captured in the denominator even though they would not be counted in the numerator if they developed an infection?

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If a patients chest is left open after a CABG, should they be captured in the denominator even though they would not be counted in the numerator if they developed an infection?

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1/19/2006 A wound that is left open does not meet the definition of an “Operative Procedure” and is not counted in either the denominator or the numerator.