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OPS-Code 5-410.10:

Operations on spleen and bone marrow: Removal of hematopoietic stem cells from bone marrow and peripheral blood for transplantation and of peripheral blood cells for transfusion: Hematopoietic stem cells from peripheral blood: For autologous donation

Blood stem cells have been taken from your blood. These blood stem cells are to be transferred back to you later.

Stem cells are cells that can develop into different types of cells. Blood cells develop from the blood stem cells. In adults, blood stem cells are mainly found inside some bones. From there the mature blood cells are released into the blood. A small amount of blood stem cells also enters the blood.

Before blood stem cells can be taken from someone’s blood, they are given a certain drug. This drug causes more blood stem cells to get from the bone to the blood. So there are more blood stem cells than usual in the blood. The blood stem cells are extracted from the blood over a period of several hours. For this purpose, tubes are inserted into certain blood vessels. The blood gets from the body to a device via the tubes. This device uses a special method to extract the stem cells from the blood. The blood is then put back into 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

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).