 2008 ICD-9-CM Procedure 34.22
- Mediastinoscopy
- (MEE-dee-a-stin-AHS-ko-pee) A procedure in which a tube is inserted into the chest to view the organs in the area between the lungs and nearby lymph nodes. The tube is inserted through an incision above the breastbone. This procedure is usually performed to get a tissue sample from the lymph nodes on the right side of the chest.
- Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the anterior superior mediastinum of the thorax.
- 34.22 is a specific code that can be used to specify a procedure
- 34.22 contains 4 index entries
- View the full ICD-9-CM Volume 3 34.* hierarchy
Code also any lymph node biopsy (40.11)
Index entries containing 34.22:- Endoscopy
- mediastinum (transpleural)
 34.22 - transpleural
- mediastinum 34.22
Exploration -- see also Incision- mediastinum 34.1
- endoscopic 34.22
Mediastinoscopy (transpleural) 34.22
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