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ICD-10-PCS ROOT OP
ICD-10-PCS ROOT OPERATIONS IN THE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SECTION
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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) |
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