OPS-Code
5-34:
Operations on chest wall, pleura, mediastinum and diaphragm
- 5-340 Incision into chest wall and pleura
- 5-341 Incision into mediastinum
- 5-342 Excision and destruction of diseased tissue from the mediastinum
- 5-343 Excision and destruction of (diseased) tissue from the chest wall
- 5-344 Pleurectomy
- 5-345 Pleurodesis [obliteration of the pleural space]
- 5-346 Plastic reconstruction of chest wall
- 5-347 Operations on the diaphragm
- 5-349 Other surgery on the thorax
Note
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Source
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