Final Orthopaedic Surgery ELECTIVE Procedure OPCS codes SC

Codelist metadata

Coding system
OPCS-4
Coding system release
unknown
Organisation
OpenSAFELY
Codelist ID
opensafely/final-orthopaedic-surgery-elective-procedure-opcs-codes-sc
Version ID
3639698a

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Description

OPCS-4 codes for all ELECTIVE, or non-emergency, orthopaedic procedures.

Methodology

Non-emergency procedures defined according to the Royal College of Surgeons surgical prioritisation guidelines. This list contains all procedures which were deemed to fall in category 2, 3 and 4.

Signed off by

  • salma chaudhury, (March 2, 2021)
  • Allison Rodgers, (March 2, 2021)

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