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Rhythm surgery and other operations on heart and pericardium: Reconstruction of pericardium and heart: Unspecified
You had heart surgery.
The operation involved opening up your chest. A heart-lung machine may be used during this type of surgery. During surgery the task of a heart-lung machine is to replace the heart and lung functions. Amongst other things, the heart-lung machine enriches the blood with oxygen and pumps it around the body.
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
Source
Provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).