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Operations on cardiac valves and septa and vessels near the heart: Other heart operations for congenital anomalies: Operation on a functionally/morphologically univentricular heart: Other

You have had a heart operation for a congenital deformity.

The heart pumps blood through the body. Inside the heart are 4 chambers. There are 2 heart atria and 2 ventricles. Both heart atria and both ventricles are separated from each other by a partition.

Major, important blood vessels branch out of the heart. The main artery (aorta), originating from the left lower chamber (ventricle) of the heart, supplies the whole body with oxygen-rich blood. The right ventricle pumps oxygen-poor blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs, where the blood is then enriched with oxygen.

Your heart did not develop properly before you were born. As a result, just one ventricle was pumping the blood to both the body and to the lungs. This blood was a mixture of oxygen-poor and oxygen-rich blood.

The purpose of the operation is to make your heart pump blood to your body and lungs properly.

Additional indicator

If necessary, additional letters are appended to OPS codes to indicate which side of the body is affected.

  • L: Left
  • R: Right
  • B: Both sides

Further information

Note

Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the OPS code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.

Source

Provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).