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*Refers to destroying the body part ''in situ'' -- does NOT refer to removing the body part, for that use one of the "Excision" items (see below). | *Refers to destroying the body part ''in situ'' -- does NOT refer to removing the body part, for that use one of the "Excision" items (see below). | ||
*'''Examples''' include: | *'''Examples''' include: | ||
** cardiac ablation = [[(T) Cardiac Conduction System]] + [[Destruction]] | ** cardiac ablation = [[(T) Cardiac Conduction System]] + [[Destruction]] including: | ||
*** | *** '''Atrial Ablation''' - uses small burns to destroy the tissue that causes atrial fibrillation. | ||
*** '''MAZE procedure''' - done for prevention of atrial fibrillation. The procedure creates scar tissue in an attempt to redirect faulty electrical impulses that cause arrhythmia/atrial fibrillation. It is really a subtype of atrial ablation and so is coded the same way. | |||
** vagotomy = [[(T) Cranial Nerves]] + [[Destruction]] | ** vagotomy = [[(T) Cranial Nerves]] + [[Destruction]] | ||
** | ** use for lithotripsy, combine with [[(T) Kidney]] or [[(T) Ureter, Bladder or Urethra]] | ||
'''Excludes''' | |||
* lysis of adhesions- see [[Release, Decompression]] | |||
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