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2007 ICD-9-CM Procedure 38.8

Other surgical occlusion of vessels

  • 38.8 is a non-specific code that should not be used to specify a procedure
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38.8 excludes:

  • adrenal vessels (07.43)
  • esophageal varices (42.91)
  • gastric or duodenal vessel for ulcer (44.40-44.49)
  • gastric varices (44.91)
  • meningeal vessel (02.13)
  • percutaneous transcatheter infusion embolization (99.29)
  • spermatic vein for varicocele (63.1)
  • surgical occlusion of vena cava (38.7)
  • that for chemoembolization (99.25)
  • that for control of (postoperative) hemorrhage:
  • transcatheter (infusion) 99.29