5-37b.30:
Rhythm surgery and other operations on heart and pericardium: Open surgical implantation and removal of cannulas for the use of an extracorporeal (heart and) lung assist system with gas exchange: Open surgical removal of cannulas: 1 cannula
You have had a tube for a lung replacement treatment removed.
A device for lung replacement treatment can assist or replace the function of the lungs. In a device like this the blood is enriched with oxygen and freed of carbon dioxide outside the body. To achieve this, the blood flows continuously through a tube to the device and through another tube back to the body again.
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
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