Cranial Surgery - Other operations on pituitary gland (Clean) (B04)
Metadata
- Coding system
- OPCS-4
- Coding system release
- unknown
- Organisation
- Oxford Health Protection Research Unit
- Codelist ID
- OxHPRU/cranial-surgery-other-operations-on-pituitary-gland-clean-b04
- Version ID
- 6cdd9a5d
- Number of codes included
- 6
About
Description
Procedure category: Cranial Surgery - Incision through the skull to excise, repair, or explore the brain, excludes taps or punctures.
Procedure subcategory: Other operations on pituitary gland (Clean) (B04)
Methodology
Generated programmatically from the Surgical Site Infection Surveillance Service (SSISS) Operating Procedure Codes Supplement (OPCS) under the UK Open Government Licence v3.0. This includes codelists for 17 categories of surgical procedure. Within each category, there are subcategories of procedures. This codelist includes the codes for a single subcategory.
Procedure category notes: Note: Use a subsidiary code to identify method of image control (Y53) Use a subsidiary code for minimal access approach (Y76) The minimum wound class for cranial surgery is clean
Procedure subcategory notes: Includes: Pituitary stalk (B04.5)
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| code | term | notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | B041 | Excision of lesion of pituitary gland | |
| 1 | B042 | Biopsy of lesion of pituitary gland | Includes: Biopsy of pituitary glandB04.3 Decompression of pituitary gland |
| 2 | B044 | Exploration of pituitary gland | |
| 3 | B045 | Operations on pituitary stalk | |
| 4 | B048 | Other specified | |
| 5 | B049 | Unspecified |