OPERATIONS ON CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
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Incision, ex cision, and occlusion of vessels
Code also cardiopulmonary bypass [extracorporeal
circulation] [hear-lung machine] (39.61)
that of coronary vessels (36.0-36.99)
Excludes:
The following fourth-digit subclassifcation is for use
with appropriate categories in section 38, marked with a
symbol (), to identify the site:
0 unspecified site
1 intracranial vessels
Cerebral (anterior) (middle)
Circle or Willis
Posterior communicating artery
2 other vessels of head and neck
Carotid artery (common) (external) (internal)
Jugular vein (external) (internal)
3 upper limb vessels
Axillary
Radial
Brachial
Ulnar
4 aorta
5 other thoracic vessels
Innominate
Subclavian
Pulmonary (artery)
Vena cava, superior
(vein)
6 abdominal arteries
Celiac
Mesenteric
Gastric
Renal
Hepatic
Splenic
Iliac Umbilical
Excludes:
abdominal aora (4)
7 abdominal veins
Iliac Splenic
Portal
Vena cava (inferior)
Renal
8 lower limb arteries
Femoral (common) (superficial)
Popliteal
Tibial
9 lower limb veins
Femoral
Saphenous
Popliteal
Tibial
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