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2008 ICD-9-CM Procedure 68.9

Other and unspecified hysterectomy
  • (hiss-ter-EK-toe-mee) An operation in which the uterus is removed.
  • A surgical procedure to remove the uterine body (partial hysterectomy) or the uterine body and cervix (total hysterectomy). -- 2004
  • Excision of the uterus.
  • 68.9 is a specific code that can be used to specify a procedure
  • 68.9 contains 3 index entries
  • View the full ICD-9-CM Volume 3 68.* hierarchy

68.9 also known as:

  • Hysterectomy, NOS

68.9 excludes:

Index entries containing 68.9:

ExcisionHysterectomy 68.9
  • abdominal 68.49
    • laparoscopic (total) [TLH] 68.41
      • partial or subtotal (supracervical) (supravaginal) 68.39
        • radical (modified) (Wertheim's) 68.69
          • laparoscopic (total) [TLRH] 68.61
        • supracervical 68.39
          • classic infrafascial SEMM hysterectomy [CISH] 68.31
            • laparoscopically assisted [LASH] 68.31
            • vaginal (complete) (partial) (subtotal) (total) 68.59
              • laparoscopically assisted (LAVH) 68.51
                • radical (Schauta) 68.79
                  • laparoscopic [LRVH] 68.71
                Operation
                • female (genital organs) NEC 71.9
                  • hysterectomy NEC 68.9