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ICD-10-PCS ROOT OP
ICD-10-PCS ROOT OPERATIONS IN THE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SECTION
Term | Definition |
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ROOT OPERATION | THE THIRD CHARACTER IN AN ICD-10-PCS CODE, WHICH REFERS O THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROCEDURE |
EXCISION | CUTTING OUT/OFF WITHOUT REPLACEMENT SOME OF A BODY PART. (BREAST LUMPECTOMY) |
RESECTION | CUTTING OUT/OFF WITHOUT REPLACEMENT ALL OF A BODY PART. (TOTAL MASTECTOMY) |
DETACHMENT | CUTTING OUT/OFF WITHOUT REPLACEMENT, EXTREMITY ONLY, ANY LEVEL (AMPUTATION ABOVE ELBOW) |
DESTRUCTION | ERADICATING WITHOUT REPLACEMENT SOME/ALL OF A BODY PART (FULGURATION OF ENDOMETRIUM) |
EXTRACTION | PULLING OUT OR OFF WITHOUT REPLACEMENT SOME/ALL OF A BODY PART (SUCTION D&C) |
DRAINAGE | TAKING/LETTING OUT FLUIDS/GASSES WITHIN A BODY PART (INCISION AND DRAINAGE) |
EXTIPATION | TAKING/CUTTING OUT SOLID MATTER WITHIN A BODY PART (THROMBECTOMY) |
FRAGMENTATION | BREAKING SOLID MATTER INTO PIECES WITHIN A BODY PART (LITHOTRIPSY) |
DIVISIONS | CUTTING INTO/SEPARATING A BODY PART WITHIN A BODY PART (NEUROTOMY) |
RELEASE | FREEING A BODY PART FROM CONSTRAINT AROUND A BODY PART (ADHESIOLYSIS) |
TRANSPLANTATION | PUTTING IN A LIVING BODY PART FROM A PERSON/ANIMAL SOME/ALL OF A BODY PART (KIDNEY TRANSPLANT) |
REATTACHMENT | PUTTING BACK A DETACHED BODY PART SOME/ALL OF A BODY PART (REATTACH FINGER) |
TRANSFER | MOVING A BODY PART TO A FUNCTION FOR A SIMILAR BODY PART SOME/ALL OF A BODY PART (SKIN TRANSFER FLAP) |
REPOSITION | MOVING A BODY PART TO NORMAL OR OTHER SUITABLE LOCATION SOMEALL OF A BODY PART (MOVE UNDESCENDED TESTICLE) |
RESTRICTION | PARTIALLY CLOSING ORIFICE/LUMEN TUBULAR BODY PART (GASTROESOPHAGEAL FUNDOPLICATION) |
OCCLUSION | COMPLETELY CLOSING ORIFICE/LUMEN TUBULAR BODY PART (FALOPIAN TUBE LIGATION) |
DIALATION | EXPANDING ORIFICE/LUMEN TUBULAR BODY PART (PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY (PTCA)) |
BYPASS | ALTERING ROUTE OF PASSAGE TUBULAR BODY PART (CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT (CABG)) |
INSERTION | PUTTING IN NON-BIOLOGICAL DEVICE IN/ON A BODY PART (CENTRAL LINE INSERTION) |
REPLACEMENT | PUTTING IN DEVICE THAT REPLACES A BODY PART SOME/ALL OF A BODY PART (TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT) |
SUPPLEMENT | PUTTING IN A DEVICE THAT REINFORCES OR AUGMENTS A BODY PART IN/ON A BODY PART (ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIORRAHAPHY USING MESH) |
CHANGE | EXCHANGING DEVICE WITHOUT CUTTING/PUNCTURING IN/ON A BODY PART (DRAINAGE TUBE CHANGE) |
REMOVAL | TAKING OUT DEVICE IN/ON A BODY PART (CENTRAL LINE REMOVAL) |
REVISION | CORRECTING A MALFUNCTIONING DISPLACED DEVICE IN/ON A BODY PART (REVISION OF PACEMAKER INSERTION) |
INSPECTION | VISUAL/MANUAL EXPLORATION SOME/ALL OF A BODY PART (DIAGNOSTIC CYTOSCOPY) |
MAP | LOCATION OF ELECTRICAL IMPULSES/FUNCTIONAL AREAS OF BRAIN/CARDIAC CONDUCTION MECHANISM (CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDY) |
CONTROL | STOPPIN/ATTEMPTING TO STOP POSTPROCEDURAL BLEEDING OF ANATOMICAL REGION (POST-PROSTATECTOMY BLEEDING CONTROL) |
REPAIR | RESTORING A BODY PART TO ITS NORMAL STRUCTURE SOME/ALL OF A BODY PART (SUTURE OF A LACERATION) |
FUSION | RENDERING A JOINT IMMOBILE (SPINAL FUSION) |
ALTERATION | MODIFYING A BODY PART FOR COSMETIC PURPOSES WITHOUT AFFECTING ITS FUNCTION SOME/ALL OF A BODY PART (FACE LIFT) |
CREATION | MAKING A NEW STRUCTURE FOR SEX CHANGE OPERATION, PERINEUM (ARTIFICIAL VAGINA/PENIS) |