OPS-Code 5-343:
Operations on chest wall, pleura, mediastinum and diaphragm: Excision and destruction of (diseased) tissue from the chest wall
- 5-343.0 Excision of soft tissue
- 5-343.1 Destruction of soft tissue
- 5-343.2 Partial resection of the bony thorax, rib
- 5-343.3 Partial resection of the bony thorax, sternum
- 5-343.4 Total resection of the bony thorax, rib
- 5-343.5 Total resection of a cervical rib
- 5-343.6 Total resection of the bony thorax, sternum
- 5-343.7 Partial resection of the chest wall without plastic coating
- 5-343.x Other
- 5-343.y Unspecified
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