OPS-Code
5-340:
Operations on chest wall, pleura, mediastinum and diaphragm: Incision into chest wall and pleura
- 5-340.0 Drainage of the chest wall or pleural cavity, open surgical
- 5-340.1 Exploratory thoracotomy
- 5-340.2 Thoracotomy for removal of a foreign body
- 5-340.5 Thoracoscopy for removal of a foreign body
- 5-340.7 Rib osteotomy
- 5-340.8 Rib osteotomy with osteosynthesis
- 5-340.9 Sternal osteotomy
- 5-340.a Removal of diseased tissue from the pleural cavity, open surgical
- 5-340.b Removal of diseased tissue from the pleural cavity, thoracoscopic
- 5-340.c Thoracotomy to remove a hematoma
- 5-340.d Thoracoscopy to remove a hematoma
- 5-340.x Other
- 5-340.y Unspecified
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