Bursectomia e fistulectomia do joelho

"Como codificar bursectomia e exérese de trajeto fistuloso do joelho num doente com uma bursite infetada?"
 
 
As bursas são um body system dentro da secção médico-cirúrgica.
Pode procurar: Tables / 0 Medical and Surgical / 0M Bursae and Ligaments / 0MB Excision

ou utilizar o índice alfabético: Excision / Bursa and Ligament / Knee / Left 0MBP | Right 0MBN
e construirá o código, por exemplo
0MBN0ZZ Excision of Right Knee Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach
 
O trajeto fistuloso estará certamente no tecido subcutâneo.
E aplicando a 
Guideline B4.6 Skin, subcutaneous tissue and fascia overlying a joint
If a procedure is performed on the skin, subcutaneous tissue or fascia overlying a joint, the procedure is coded to the following body part:
• Shoulder is coded to Upper Arm
• Elbow is coded to Lower Arm
• Wrist is coded to Lower Arm
• Hip is coded to Upper Leg
• Knee is coded to Lower Leg
• Ankle is coded to Foot
saberá que e excisão de um trajeto fistuloso do tecido subcutâneo do joelho se enquadra na body part Lower Leg:
Excision / Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia / Lower Leg / Left 0JBP | Right 0JBN
0JBN0ZZ  Excision of Right Lower Leg Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach
 
 
Fernando Lopes