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2008 ICD-9-CM Procedure 34.01

Incision of chest wall
  • (thor-a-KAH-toe-mee) An operation to open the chest.
  • Surgical incision into the chest wall.
  • 34.01 is a specific code that can be used to specify a procedure
  • 34.01 contains 6 index entries
  • View the full ICD-9-CM Volume 3 34.* hierarchy

34.01 also known as:

  • Extrapleural drainage

34.01 excludes:

  • incision of pleura (34.09)

Index entries containing 34.01:

Fenestration
  • chest wall 34.01
    Incision (and drainage)
    • chest wall (for extrapleural drainage) (for removal of foreign body) 34.01
      • as operative approach -- omit code
      • extrapleural 34.01
        Removal -- see also Excision
        • Abrams bar (chest wall) 34.01
          • foreign body NEC -- see also Incision, by site 98.20
            • extrapleural (by incision) 34.01
            • pectus deformity implant device 34.01