The 3rd character refers to the root operation or the objective of the procedure.

Lymphatic and Hemic Systems

  • 072 - Change

    Taking out or off a device from a body part and putting back an identical or similar device in or on the same body part without cutting or puncturing the skin or a mucous membrane — All CHANGE procedures are coded using the approach EXTERNAL

  • 075 - Destruction

    Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force, or a destructive agent — None of the body part is physically taken out

  • 079 - Drainage

    Taking or letting out fluids and/or gases from a body part — The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify drainage procedures that are biopsies

  • 07B - Excision

    Cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part — The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify excision procedures that are biopsies

  • 07C - Extirpation

    Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part — The solid matter may be an abnormal byproduct of a biological function or a foreign body; it may be imbedded in a body part or in the lumen of a tubular body part. The solid matter may or may not have been previously broken into pieces

  • 07D - Extraction

    Pulling or stripping out or off all or a portion of a body part by the use of force — The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify extraction procedures that are biopsies

  • 07H - Insertion

    Putting in a nonbiological appliance that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part

  • 07J - Inspection

    Visually and/or manually exploring a body part — Visual exploration may be performed with or without optical instrumentation. Manual exploration may be performed directly or through intervening body layers

  • 07L - Occlusion

    Completely closing an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part — The orifice can be a natural orifice or an artificially created orifice

  • 07N - Release

    Freeing a body part from an abnormal physical constraint by cutting or by the use of force — Some of the restraining tissue may be taken out but none of the body part is taken out

  • 07P - Removal

    Taking out or off a device from a body part — If a device is taken out and a similar device put in without cutting or puncturing the skin or mucous membrane, the procedure is coded to the root operation CHANGE. Otherwise, the procedure for taking out a device is coded to the root operation REMOVAL

  • 07Q - Repair

    Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function — Used only when the method to accomplish the repair is not one of the other root operations

  • 07S - Reposition

    Moving to its normal location, or other suitable location, all or a portion of a body part — The body part is moved to a new location from an abnormal location, or from a normal location where it is not functioning correctly. The body part may or may not be cut out or off to be moved to the new location

  • 07T - Resection

    Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part

  • 07V - Restriction

    Partially closing an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part — The orifice can be a natural orifice or an artificially created orifice

  • 07W - Revision

    Correcting, to the extent possible, a portion of a malfunctioning device or the position of a displaced device — Revision can include correcting a malfunctioning or displaced device by taking out or putting in components of the device such as a screw or pin

  • 07U - Supplement

    Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically reinforces and/or augments the function of a portion of a body part — The biological material is non-living, or is living and from the same individual. The body part may have been previously replaced, and the Supplement procedure is performed to physically reinforce and/or augment the function of the replaced body part

  • 07Y - Transplantation

    Putting in or on all or a portion of a living body part taken from another individual or animal to physically take the place and/or function of all or a portion of a similar body part — The native body part may or may not be taken out, and the transplanted body part may take over all or a portion of its function