 2008 ICD-9-CM Procedure 38.0
- Incision of vessels
- Surgical removal of an obstructing clot or foreign material from a blood vessel at the point of its formation. Removal of a clot arising from a distant site is called EMBOLECTOMY.
- Surgical removal of an obstructing clot or foreign material which has been transported from a distant vessel by the bloodstream. Removal of a clot at its original site is called THROMBECTOMY.
- 38.0 is a non-specific code that should not be used to specify a procedure
- View the full ICD-9-CM Volume 3 38.* hierarchy
38.0 excludes: - endovascular removal of obstruction from head and neck vessel(s) (39.74)
- puncture or catheterization of any:
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