5-39a.1:
Other operations on blood vessels and additional information about operations on blood vessels: Additional information on blood vessel operations: Temporary atraumatic vascular occlusion with viscous polymer with reverse phase
You have had a blood vessel temporarily surgically sealed off.
To seal off the blood vessel, a special viscous substance was introduced into the blood vessel. When a blood vessel is sealed during an operation, the operation can be better targeted there.
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).