OPS-Code 5-378:
Rhythm surgery and other operations on heart and pericardium: Removal, replacement and correction of a heart pacemaker and defibrillator
- 5-378.0 Unit removal
- 5-378.1 Sensor removal
- 5-378.2 Unit and sensor removal
- 5-378.3 Sensor correction
- 5-378.4 Correction of unit position
- 5-378.5 Unit replacement (without changing the sensor)
- 5-378.6 Unit and sensor replacement
- 5-378.7 Sensor replacement
- 5-378.8 Coupling correction
- 5-378.a Additional information for the sensor removal
- 5-378.b Switch of system from heart pacemaker to heart pacemaker, defibrillator or intracardiac pulse generator
- 5-378.c Switch of system defibrillator to defibrillator, heart pacemaker or intracardiac pulse generator
- 5-378.d Switch of system intracardiac pulse generator to heart pacemaker or defibrillator
- 5-378.x Other
- 5-378.y Unspecified
Note
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Source
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