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ICD-10-PCS

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Bypass Definition: Altering the route of passage of the contents of a tubular body part. Coding Note: Example: femoropopliteal bypass, CABG—specify "from" and "to" sites.
Map Definition: Locating the route of passage of electrical impulses or functional areas. Coding Note: Used for mapping brain or cardiac pathways during surgery
Change Definition: Exchanging a device in the same body part without open surgery. Coding Note: For replacing devices like catheters or tracheostomy tubes.
Extirpation Definition: Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part. Coding Note: Includes removal of blood clots or foreign objects, without focus on tissue.
Alteration Definition: Modifying the body part’s structure without affecting function; cosmetic only (e.g., rhinoplasty). Coding Note: If the reason for the procedure is not purely cosmetic (e.g., medical), use a different root operation tailored to that purpose
Resection Definition: Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part. Coding Note: Used when the entire organ or body part (such as total mastectomy) is removed.
Restriction Definition: Partially closing or narrowing the lumen of a tubular body part. Coding Note: Examples include cerclage or aneurysm clipping.
Fusion Definition: Joining together portions of an articular body part to make them immobile. Coding Note: Used for spinal and joint fusions—indicate device and joint(s) involved.
Inspection Definition: Visual and/or manual exploration of a body part. Coding Note: Includes procedures for direct visualization such as endoscopies.
Dilation Definition: Expanding the lumen or orifice of a tubular body part. Coding Note: Includes angioplasty, esophageal dilation.
Occlusion Definition: Completely closing the lumen/orifice of a tubular body part. Coding Note: Used for ligation or vessel embolization to stop flow
Repair Definition: Restoring a body part to its normal structure and function. Coding Note: Suture of lacerations; used when no other root operation applies.
Extraction Definition: Pulling or stripping out/off all or a portion of a body part by force. Coding Note: Includes D&C, vein stripping; also used for certain biopsies.
Excision Definition: Cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part. Coding Note: Used for partial removal, such as polyp removal or partial gastrectomy.
Transplantation Definition: Putting in a living body part from another individual or animal. Coding Note: Refers to organs like heart, kidney, face—use appropriate qualifiers.
Supplement Definition: Putting in material that reinforces or augments a body part, without replacement. Coding Note: Hernia repair with mesh is a classic example
Destruction Definition: Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part using energy, force, or agents. Coding Note: No tissue is cut out, just destroyed (e.g., tumor ablation).
Revision Definition: Correcting, as much as possible, a malfunctioning or displaced device. Coding Note: Includes adjustment or repositioning without full removal.
Detachment Definition: Cutting off all or part of an extremity. Coding Note: Applies only to upper and lower extremity amputations—specify the level and site.
Removal Definition: Taking out/off a device from a body part. Coding Note: Removal of drainage, fixation, or prosthetic devices
Fragmentation Definition: Breaking solid matter in a body part into pieces. Coding Note: Object is broken up but not removed (e.g., lithotripsy for kidney stones).
Reposition Definition: Moving a body part to its normal or suitable location. Coding Note: Used for reductions of displaced fractures or organ restoration.
Division Definition: Cutting into a body part without taking anything out to separate it. Coding Note: Example: spinal cordotomy, rhizotomy.
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