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5-780.8a:

Operations on other bones: Incision in bone, septic and aseptic: Sequesterotomy with insertion of a drug delivery system: Carpals

You have had an operation on one or more of your carpal bones.

The hand is made up of a lot of small bones and joints. Immediately after the forearm is the carpus. Then comes the metacarpus and then the individual fingers. The carpus consists of 8 carpal bones. There are 2 rows of them. The lower row is closer to the wrist. The upper row is closer to the fingers.

This intervention involved making one or more incisions in your skin.

A piece of bone that had died off was then removed from your carpal bones.

A drug delivery device was also inserted into your carpal bones. A drug delivery system is a particular material that contains medication. The drug delivery system usually releases the medication to the surrounding tissue over a long period of time.

Damaged tissue or dirt can also be removed during this type of intervention.

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).