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Medical Terminology & PCS Root Operations
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03/06/2012

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EXTIRPATION
Definition
Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part.
Term
S, BS, R, BP, A, D, Q
Definition
Section, Body System, Root Operation, Body Part/Region, Approach, Device, Qualifier
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Excision
Definition
Cut out or off, WITHOUT replacement, a PORTION of a body part. Example Partial nephrectomy, liver biopsy.
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Resection
Definition
Cutting out or off, WITHOUT replacement ALL of a body part: Example Total nephrectomy, total lobectomy of the lung.
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Detachment
Definition
Cutting off ALL or PART of the upper or lower extremities. Example BKA, disarticulation of shoulder, amputation above elbow
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Destruction
Definition
Physical ERADICATION of ALL or a PORTION of a body part by direct use of energy, force or a destructive agent. Example: Fulguration of rectal polyp, cautery of skin lesion, fulguration of endometrium
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Extraction
Definition
Pulling or Stripping out ALL or a PORTION of a body part. Example: D&C and vein stripping.
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Drainage
Definition
Taking or letting out fluids and/or gasses from a body part. Example Thoracentesis, incision and drainage
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Fragmentation
Definition
Breaking solid matter in a body part into pieces. Example: ESWL, transurethral lithotripsy
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Division
Definition
Cutting into a body part WITHOUT draining fluids and/or gases from the body part in order to separate or transect a body part. Example: Spinal Cordotomy, osteotomy, neurotomy
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Release
Definition
Freeing a body part.
Example - adhesiolysis, carpal tunnel release
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Transplantation
Definition
Putting in/on all or portion of living body part taken from another individual/animal to physically take the place and/or function of all or a portion of a similar part. Example: Kidney transplant, heart transplant
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Reattachment
Definition
Putting back in or on all or a portion of a separated body part to its normal location or other suitale location. Example- Reattachment of hand, reattachment of abulsed kidney
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Transfer
Definition
Moving, WITHOUT taking out, all/portion of body part to other location to take over functions of all/portion of body part. Example: Tendontransfer, skin pedicle flap transfer
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Reposition
Definition
Moving to its normal location or other location all or a portion of a body part. Example - Reposition of undescended testicle, fracture reduction
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Restriction
Definition
PARTIALLY closing the orifice or lumen of a tabular body part. Example: Esophagogastric fundoplication, cervical cerclage
Term
Occlusion
Definition
COMPLETELY closing an orifice or lumen of a tubular body part. Example Fallopian tube ligation, ligation of inferior vena cava
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Dilation
Definition
Expanding an orifice or the lumen of a TUBULAR body part. Example: PTCA, pyloromyotomy
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Bypass
Definition
Altering rout of passage of the contents of a tubular body part. Example CABG, colostomy formation
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Insertion
Definition
Putting a NONBIOLOGICAL APPLIANCE that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part. Example: Insertion of radioactive implant, insertion of central venous catheter.
Term
Replacement
Definition
Putting in or on a biological or synthetic material that takes the place of all or a portion of a body part. Example Total hip replacement, free skin graft.
Term
Supplement
Definition
Putting in or on MATERIAL that PHYSICALLY REINFORCES and/or AUGMENTS the function of a portion of a body part. Example - Herniorrhaphy using mesh, heart valve annuloplasty.
Term
Change
Definition
Taking out or off a device from a body part and putting back an identical or similar device in or on the same part WITHOUT cutting or puncturing the skin or a mucous membrane. Example Urinary catheter change, gastrostomy tube change, drainage tube change.
Term
Removal
Definition
Taking out or off a device from a body part. Example Drainage tube removal, cardiac pacemaker removal
Term
Revision
Definition
Correctoin, to the extent possible, a malfunctioning/displaced device. Example - Adjustment o a pacemaker lead, adjustment of hip prosthesis
Term
Inspection
Definition
Visually and/or manually exploring a body part. Example - Diagnostic arthroscopy, exploratory laparotomy
Term
Map
Definition
Locating the rout of passage of electrical impulses and/or locating functional areas in a body part. Example - Cardiac mapping, cortical mapping.
Term
Root operations that take out some or all of a body part.
Definition
Excision, Resection, Detachment, Destruction, Extraction
Term
Root operations that take out solids/fluids/gases from a body part
Definition
Drainage, Extirpation, Fragmentation
Term
Root operations involving cutting or separation only
Definition
Division, Release
Term
Root operations that put in/put back or move some/all of a body part
Definition
Transplantation, Reattachment, Transfer, Reposition
Term
Root operations that alter the diameter/route of a tubular body part
Definition
Restriction, Occlusion, Dilation, Bypass
Term
Root operations that always involve a device
Definition
Insertion, Replacement, Supplement, Change, Removal, Revision
Term
Root operations involving examination only.
Definition
Inspection, Map
Term
Map Root Operation
Definition
Applicable only to the cardiac conduction mechanism and the central nervous system
Term
Inspection Root Operation
Definition
Visual or manual exploration
Term
Revision Root Operation
Definition
Revision can include correcting a malfunctioning/displaced device by taking out or putting in components of device such as a screw or pin.
Term
Removal Root Operation
Definition
Taking out a device.
Term
Change Root Operation
Definition
ALL change porcedures are coded using the approach "External"
Term
Replacement Root Operation
Definition
If body part was previously replace, SEPARATE removal proedures is coded for taking out the device.
Term
Dilation Root Operation
Definition
Orifice can be a natural orifice or artifically created. Accomplished by stretching a tubular part using intraluminal pressure or by cutting part of the orifice or wall of the tubular body part.
Term
Reposition Root Operation
Definition
The body part is moved to a new location from an aberrant one or from a normal location where it is not functioning. The part may or may not be cut out or off to be moved.
Term
Transfer Root Operation
Definition
Body part transferred remains connected to its vascular and nervous supply
Term
Reattachment Root Operation
Definition
Vascular circulation & nervous pathways may/may not be restablished.
Term
Release Root Operation
Definition
Eliminating an abnormal constraint of a body part by cutting or by use of force. Some restraining tissue may be taken out but NONE of the body part is taken out.
Term
Division Root Operation
Definition
All or a portion of the body part is separated into two or more portions.
Term
Extirpation Root Operation
Definition
Solid matter may be abnormal byproduct of a biological function/foreign body. Solid matter is imedded in a body part or is a lumen of a tubular part. Solid matter may/may not have been previoulsy broken into pieces. no appreciable amount of the part is taken out.
Term
Amputation
Definition
Detachment
Term
Total mastectomy
Definition
Resection
Term
Cosmetic procedures
Definition
Alteration
Term
Partially closing orifice/lumen
Definition
Restriction
Term
Taking/cutting out solid matter
Definition
Extirpation
Term
Fulguration of rectal polyps
Definition
Destruction
Term
Liver biopsy
Definition
Excision
Term
Inspection Root Operation
Definition
Diagnostic cystoscopy
Term
Thrombectomy
Definition
Extirpation
Term
Release
Definition
Adhesiolysis
Term
Reposition
Definition
Move undescended testes
Term
Division
Definition
Neurotomy
Term
Myel
Definition
spinal cord
Term
anosmia
Definition
lack of sense of smell
Term
breakdown red blood cells
Definition
Hemolysis
Term
Thrombus
Definition
Blood clot adhering to the wall of a blood vessel or organ.
Term
embolus
Definition
traveling thrombus
Term
double fracture
Definition
segmental
Term
artifical ankylosis
Definition
Arthrodesis
Term
surgical immobilization of a joint
Definition
Arthrodesis
Term
Flexion
Definition
Bending movement that decreases the angle between two parts
Term
Apex of the lung
Definition
Uppermost portion of the lung
Term
Splinter or crushed bone
Definition
Comminuted
Term
Iron
Definition
Sider
Term
bol/o
Definition
to cast (throw) BOWL
Term
cis/o
Definition
to cut
Term
kary/o
Definition
nucleus
Term
later/o
Definition
side
Term
sarc/o
Definition
flesh
Term
Thel/o
Definition
nipple
Term
ana
Definition
up, apart,
Term
cata
Definition
down
Term
con
Definition
with, together
Term
ec, ecto
Definition
out, outsie
Term
meta
Definition
change, beyond
Term
para
Definition
abnormal, beside, near
Term
per
Definition
through
Term
syn, sym
Definition
together, with
Term
genesis
Definition
condition of producing, forming
Term
RUQ
Definition
liver, gallbladder, pancreas, small intestine and large intestine
Term
LUQ
Definition
Left lob of liver, stomach, spleen, part of pancreas, parts of small and large intestine.
Term
RLQ
Definition
small and large intestines, right ovary, right fallopian tube, APPENIX, right ureter
Term
LLQ
Definition
small and large intestine, left ovary, left fallopian tube, left ureter.
Term
5 body cavities
Definition
Cranial, thoracic, Abdominal, Pelvic, Spinal
Term
9 abdominopelvic regions
Definition
Hypochondriac (L&R), Epigastric, Hypogastric, Inguinal (L&R), Umbilical, Lumbar (L&R)
Term
Cranial
Definition
Brain and pituitary gland
Term
Thoracic
Definition
Lungs, heart, esophagus, bronchial tubes, thymus gland, aorta
Term
Abdominal
Definition
Stomach, small & large intestine, spleen, pancreas, liver & gallbladder.
Term
Retroperitoneal area
Definition
holds the kidneys
Term
Pelvic
Definition
Small & Large intestines, rectum, urinary bladder, urethra, ureters.
Term
7, 12, 5, 5, 4
Definition
Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccygeal
Term
Sacral
Definition
5 fused pieces
Term
Coccygeal
Definition
4 fused pieces
Term
superior
Definition
closer to the head
Term
Inferior
Definition
toward the feet
Term
Ventral
Definition
anterior
Term
Dorsal
Definition
posterior
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