Spinal Surgery - Decompression operations on unspecified spine (Clean) (V27)

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Coding system
OPCS-4
Coding system release
unknown
Organisation
Oxford Health Protection Research Unit
Codelist ID
OxHPRU/spinal-surgery-decompression-operations-on-unspecified-spine-clean-v27
Version ID
4a288028
Number of codes included
5

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  1. 4a288028 Published
    Created: 30 Jan 2026 at 13:19
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    Created: 28 Jan 2026 at 16:00

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Description

Procedure category: Spinal Surgery - Surgical procedures on the vertebral structures of the spine including the exploration or decompression of the spinal cord, the removal or resection of intervertebral discs, spinal fusion; and repair of fractures or deformities. The minimum wound class for spinal surgery is clean. Use an additional code to specify levels of spine (V55.1, V55.2, V55.3, V55.8 and V55.9 listed below).

Procedure subcategory: Decompression operations on unspecified spine (Clean) (V27)

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.

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code term notes
0 V271 Primary decompression of spinal cord and fusion of joint of spine NEC Includes: decompression of spinal cord and fusion of joint of spine NEC
1 V272 Primary decompression of spinal cord. NEC Includes: Decompression of spinal cord NEC.
2 V273 Revisional decompression of spinal cord NEC
3 V278 Other specified
4 V279 Unspecified