Other perfusion
- Bathing an organ or tissue with a fluid. In regional perfusion, a specific area of the body (usually an arm or a leg) receives high doses of anticancer drugs through a blood vessel. Such a procedure is performed to treat cancer that has not spread.
- The process of flooding fluid through the artery to saturate the surrounding tissue. In regional perfusion, a specific area of the body (usually an arm or a leg) is targeted and high doses of anticancer drugs are flooded through the artery to reach the surrounding tissue and kill as many cancer cells as possible. Such a procedure is performed in cases where the cancer is not thought to have spread past a localized area.
- 39.97 is a specific code that can be used to specify a procedure
- 39.97 contains 6 index entries
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39.97 also known as:
- Perfusion NOS
- Perfusion, local [regional] of:
- carotid artery
- coronary artery
- head
- lower limb
- neck
- upper limb
Code also substance perfused (99.21-99.29)
39.97 excludes:
Index entries containing 39.97:
- Perfusion NEC
39.97
2007 ICD-9-CM Procedure 39.97