Procedures That Take Out or Eliminate All or a Portion of a Body Part
- Excision – Cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part
- Resection – Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part
- Extraction – Pulling or stripping out or off all or a portion of a body part by the use of force
- Destruction – Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force, or destructive agent
- Detachment – Cutting off all or part of the upper or lower extremities
Procedures That Involve Putting In or On, Putting Back, or Moving Living Body Parts
- Transplantation – 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
- Reattachment – Putting back in or on all or a portion of a separated body part to its normal location or other suitable location
- Reposition – Moving to its normal location or other suitable location all or a portion of a body part
- Transfer – Moving, without taking out, all or a portion of a body part to another location to take over the function of all or a portion of a body part
Procedures That Take Out or Eliminate Solid Matter, Fluids or Gases From a Body Part
- Drainage – Taking or letting out fluids and/or gases from a body part
- Extirpation – Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part
- Fragmentation – Breaking solid matter in a body part into pieces
Procedures That Only Involve Examination of Body Parts and Regions
- Inspection – Visually and/or manually exploring a body part
- Map – Locating the route of passage of electrical impulses and/or locating functional areas in a body part
Procedures That Can Be Performed Only on Tubular Body Parts
- Bypass – Altering the route of passage of the contents of a tubular body part
- Dilation – Expanding an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part
- Occlusion – Completely closing the orifice or lumen of a tubular body part
- Restriction – Partially closing the orifice or lumen of a tubular body part
Procedures That Always Involve Devices
- Insertion – 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
- Replacement – Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically takes the place and/or function of all or a portion of a body part
- Supplement – Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically reinforces or augments the function of a body part
- Removal – Taking out or off a device from a body part
- Change – 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 a mucous membrane
- Revision – Correcting, to the extent possible, a malfunctioning or displaced device
Procedures Involving Cutting or Separation Only
- Division – Cutting into a body part without draining fluids and/or gasses from the body part in order to separate or transect a body part
- Release – Freeing a body part from an abnormal physical constraint by cutting or by use of force
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