Obstetrics

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Abortion

Obstetrics

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Artificially terminating

a pregnancy

(Example: Transvaginal abortion using

vacuum aspiration technique)

Obstetrics

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Delivery

Obstetrics

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Assisting the passage

of the products of conception

from the genital canal

(Example: Manually assisted

vaginal delivery)

Note: A manually assisted spontaneous

abortion would be coded as a delivery.

Obstetrics

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Change

Obstetrics

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Taking out or off a device

from a body part and putting

back an identical or similar device

in or on the same body part

without cutting or puncturing the

skin or mucous membrane

(Example: Removal and reinsertion

of a fetal monitoring electrode)

Obstetrics

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Drainage

Obstetrics

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Taking or letting out fluids and/or

gases from a body part

(Example: A fetal spinal tap

percutaneously)

Obstetrics

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Extraction

Obstetrics

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Pulling or stripping out or off

all or a portion of a body part

by the use of force

(Example: A low transverse

cesarean delivery)

Note: Vaginal deliveries using

vacuum extractors or forceps are coded

to the root operation of Extraction.

Obstetrics

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Insertion

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Putting in 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 a fetal

monitoring electrode)

Obstetrics

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Inspection

Obstetrics

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Visually and/or manually

exploring a body part

(Example: A bimanual

pregnancy examination)

Obstetrics

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Removal

Obstetrics

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Taking out or off a device

from a body part, region, or orifice

(Example: Transvaginal removal

of a fetal monitoring electrode)

Obstetrics

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Repair

Obstetrics

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Restoring, to the extent possible,

a body part to its normal anatomic

structure and function

(Example: Open in utero repair

of a congenital diaphragmatic hernia)

Obstetrics

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Reposition

Obstetrics

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Moving to its normal location

or other suitable location

all or a portion of a body part

(Example: Reduction

of a displaced fracture)

Obstetrics

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Resection

Obstetrics

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Cutting out or off, without

replacement, all of a body part

(Example: Laparoscopic total excision

of a tubal pregnancy)

Obstetrics

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Transplantation

Obstetrics

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Putting in or on all or a portion

of a living body part taken

from another individual or animal

to physically take the place and/or

function of all or a portion

of a similar body part

(Example: Laparoscopic

fetal kidney transplant)