2007 ICD-9-CM Procedure 38.1 Endarterectomy Surgical excision, performed under general anesthesia, of the atheromatous tunica intima of an artery. When reconstruction of an artery is performed as an endovascular procedure through a catheter, it is called ATHERECTOMY. 38.1 is a non-specific code that should not be used to specify a procedure View the full Volume 3 38.* hierarchy Code also any: number of vascular stents inserted (00.45-00.48) number of vessels treated (00.40-00.43) procedure on vessel bifurcation (00.44)