OPS-Code
5-801:
Open surgical and other joint operations: Open surgical operation on articular cartilage and the menisci
- 5-801.0 Excision of diseased tissue from the articular cartilage
- 5-801.3 Refixation of an osteochondral fragment
- 5-801.4 Subchondral spongiosa graft with fragment fixation
- 5-801.5 Meniscus resection, partial
- 5-801.6 Meniscus resection, total
- 5-801.7 Meniscus refixation
- 5-801.8 Excision of a meniscal ganglion
- 5-801.9 Meniscus transplantation
- 5-801.a Extraction of a cartilage transplant
- 5-801.b Cartilage transplantation
- 5-801.c Implantation of in vitro manufactured tissue cultures
- 5-801.d Resection of the discus triangularis
- 5-801.e Implantation of an artificial meniscus
- 5-801.f Removal of an artificial meniscus
- 5-801.g Cartilage smoothing, mechanical (chondroplasty)
- 5-801.h Subchondral bone opening (e.g. Pridie procedure, microfracture, abrasion arthroplasty)
- 5-801.j Implantation of a custom metal cartilage replacement in the knee joint
- 5-801.k Matrix-induced autogenous chondrocyte transplantation
- 5-801.m Implantation of metal cartilage replacement with non-custom implant
- 5-801.n Subchondral bone opening with insertion of an acellular implant
- 5-801.p Subchondral bone opening with insertion of an acellular implant enriched with homologous whole blood or its components
- 5-801.x Other
- 5-801.y Unspecified
Note
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Source
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