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  2. Cholecystectomy - Wikipedia

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    Cholecystectomy is a common treatment of symptomatic gallstones and other gallbladder conditions. [1] In 2011, cholecystectomy was the eighth most common operating room procedure performed in hospitals in the United States. [2] Cholecystectomy can be performed either laparoscopically, or via an open surgical technique. [3] [page needed]

  3. Current Procedural Terminology - Wikipedia

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    1.1.3 Codes for anesthesia: 00100–01999; ... (CPT) code set is a procedural code set developed by the ... as Level 1 of the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding ...

  4. Choledochoduodenostomy - Wikipedia

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    Choledochoduodenostomy (CDD) is a surgical procedure to create an anastomosis, a surgical connection, between the common bile duct (CBD) and an alternative portion of the duodenum. [1] In healthy individuals, the CBD meets the pancreatic duct at the ampulla of Vater , which drains via the major duodenal papilla to the second part of duodenum. [ 2 ]

  5. 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.

  6. Cholecystostomy - Wikipedia

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    Cholecystostomy or (cholecystotomy) is a medical procedure used to drain the gallbladder through either a percutaneous or endoscopic approach. The procedure involves creating a stoma in the gallbladder, which can facilitate placement of a tube or stent for drainage, first performed by American surgeon, Dr. John Stough Bobbs, in 1867.

  7. Pancreaticoduodenectomy - Wikipedia

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    [28] [29] During the surgery, a new biliary connection (normally a choledochal-jejunal anastamosis connecting the common bile duct and jejunum) is made. This new connection may leak in 1–2% of operations. As this complication is fairly common, it is normal in this procedure for the surgeon to leave a drain in place at the end. [30]

  8. ICD-9-CM Volume 3 - Wikipedia

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    Cholecystectomy Anastomosis ... Eye examination under anesthesia Visual field study Color ... ICD-10 Procedure Coding System;

  9. Laparoscopy - Wikipedia

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    Laparoscopy (from Ancient Greek λαπάρα (lapára) 'flank, side' and σκοπέω (skopéō) 'to see') is an operation performed in the abdomen or pelvis using small incisions (usually 0.5–1.5 cm) with the aid of a camera.