ICD-10-PCS root operation groups, Part 2. Root operations that take out solids, fluids, gases from a body part, involve cutting or separation only, and put in or put back or move some or all of a body part.

摘要

THE MEDICAL AND surgical procedure section of ICD-10-PCS contains most, but not all, procedures typically coded and reported in the hospital inpatient setting. This article is the second in a series explaining ICD-10-PCS root operation groupings in this important and largest section of ICD-10-PCS.There are 31 root operations in the medical and surgical procedure section of ICD-10-PCS. These root operations are arranged into nine groups that share similar attributes. This article will focus on three of these groups: root operations that take out solids/fluids/gases from a body part; root operations involving cutting or separation only; and root operations that put in/put back or move some/all of a body part.