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2008 ICD-9-CM Procedure 37.12

Pericardiotomy
  • Surgical construction of an opening or window in the pericardium. It is often called subxiphoid pericardial window technique.
  • 37.12 is a specific code that can be used to specify a procedure
  • 37.12 contains 14 index entries
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37.12 also known as:

  • Pericardial window operation
  • Pericardiolysis
  • Pericardiotomy

Index entries containing 37.12:

Cardioschisis 37.12
    Creation -- see also Formation
    • pericardial window 37.12
      • window
        • pericardial 37.12
        Fenestration
        • pericardium 37.12
          Formation
          • pericardial
            • window 37.12
            • window
              • pericardial 37.12
              Lysis
              • adhesions
                • pericardium 37.12
                Operation
                • window
                  • pericardium 37.12
                  Pericardiolysis 37.12
                    Pericardiostomy (tube) 37.12
                      Pericardiotomy 37.12
                        Removal -- see also Excision
                        • foreign body NEC -- see also Incision, by site 98.20
                          • pericardium 37.12
                          Resection -- see also Excision, by site
                          • pericardium (partial) (for)
                            • drainage 37.12
                            Window operation
                            • pericardium 37.12