Spinal Surgery - Exploration of spine (Clean) (V49)
Metadata
- Coding system
- OPCS-4
- Coding system release
- unknown
- Organisation
- Oxford Health Protection Research Unit
- Codelist ID
- OxHPRU/spinal-surgery-exploration-of-spine-clean-v49
- Version ID
- 5dd27371
- Number of codes included
- 8
About
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: Exploration of spine (Clean) (V49)
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 subcategory notes: Note: Do not use as approach code (Y48-50) Use subsidiary code to specify levels of spine (V55)
Codelists are developed by a broad community of users for individual study purposes, which may or may not meet the needs of other studies. They should not be thought of as universal definitions of a particular condition.
We don't offer any guarantees about what they do or don't identify. Users should carefully check that any codelist meets their needs, and seek clinical input where appropriate.
| code | term | notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | V491 | Exploratory cervical laminectomy | |
| 1 | V492 | Exploratory thoracic laminectomy | |
| 2 | V493 | Exploratory lumbar laminectomy | |
| 3 | V494 | Exploratory laminectomy NEC | |
| 4 | V495 | Transthoracic exploration of spine | |
| 5 | V496 | Transperitoneal exploration of spine | |
| 6 | V498 | Other specified | |
| 7 | V499 | Unspecified |