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CMS Grants HCPCS Code and NTAP Classification for Pleural Dynamics’ Novel ACES Automatic Continuous Effusion Shunt
October 14, 2025 --The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a new Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code and New Technology Ambulatory Payment Classification (New Technology APC) assignment for the ACES (Automatic Continuous Effusion Shunt) device to treat chronic pleural effusions. The new code issued is C8006: Insertion of pleural-peritoneal shunt with intercostal pump chamber, including imaging, injection(s) of contrast with radiolog
The ACES Study for Aseptic Pleural Effusions
Aug 19, 2025 Pleural Dynamics Announces Completion of Enrollment of “The ACES Study for Aseptic Pleural Effusions,” a Post Market Study...


Memorial Healthcare System Participates in GroundbreakingClinical Trial for Innovative Pleural Effusion Treatment
March 27, 2025 – Memorial Healthcare System is one of only four healthcare centers in the nation to have participated in a clinical...
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