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  2. List of ICD-9 codes 520–579: diseases of the digestive system

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    ICD-9 chapters; Chapter Block Title I 001–139: Infectious and Parasitic Diseases II 140–239: Neoplasms III 240–279: Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, and Immunity Disorders IV 280–289: Diseases of the Blood and Blood-forming Organs V 290–319: Mental Disorders VI 320–389: Diseases of the Nervous System and Sense Organs ...

  3. Colectomy - Wikipedia

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    Before removal, the portion of the bowel to be resected must be freed or mobilized. This is done by dissection and removal of the mesentery and other peritoneal attachments. Resection of any part of the colon entails mobilization and the cutting and sealing, or ligation, of the blood vessels supplying the portion of the colon to be removed. [8]

  4. Hartmann's operation - Wikipedia

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    a. Localized or generalized peritonitis caused by perforation of the bowel secondary to the cancer b. Viable but injured proximal bowel that, in the opinion of the operating surgeon, precludes safe anastomosis c. Complicated diverticulitis [2] Use of the Hartmann's procedure initially had a mortality rate of 8.8%. [3]

  5. Bowel resection - Wikipedia

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    A bowel resection or enterectomy (enter-+ -ectomy) is a surgical procedure in which a part of an intestine (bowel) is removed, from either the small intestine or large intestine. Often the word enterectomy is reserved for the sense of small bowel resection, in distinction from colectomy , which covers the sense of large bowel resection.

  6. Exploratory laparotomy - Wikipedia

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    enterotomy and bowel repair or bowel resection [13] right or left hemicolectomy [13] pyloric exclusion and gastric diversion, in which gastric secretions are diverted away from the duodenum by closing the pylorus and creating a new connection between the stomach and the small intestine [14] nephrectomy, or removal of all or part of a kidney [15]

  7. ICD-10 Procedure Coding System - Wikipedia

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    The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a US system of medical classification used for procedural coding.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency responsible for maintaining the inpatient procedure code set in the U.S., contracted with 3M Health Information Systems in 1995 to design and then develop a procedure classification system to replace Volume 3 of ICD-9-CM.

  8. Digestive system surgery - Wikipedia

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    4. Colectomy: The removal of the colon (large intestine) whole or in part. This procedure is typically done to address problems including colorectal cancer, diverticular disease, or inflammatory bowel disease. 5. Resection of the liver in part: This procedure is frequently carried out to treat liver tumors or to remove damaged liver tissue. 6.

  9. ICD-9-CM Volume 3 - Wikipedia

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    ICD-9-CM Volume 3 is a system of procedural codes used by health insurers to classify medical procedures for billing purposes. It is a subset of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) 9-CM. Volumes 1 and 2 are used for diagnostic codes.