Corpectomy

Corpectomy
Corpectomy
Intervention
ICD-9-CM 80.99

A corpectomy is a surgical procedure that involves removing part of the vertebral body (Latin: corpus vertebrae, hence the name corpectomy), usually as a way to decompress the spinal cord and nerves. Corpectomy is often performed in association with some form of discectomy.

v · d · eSurgery, Nervous system: neurosurgical and other procedures (ICD-9-CM V3 01–05+89.1, ICD-10-PCS 00-01)
Skull
CNS
Cerebral meninges

Spinal cord and roots (Cordotomy, Rhizotomy)

Vertebrae and intervertebral discs: see Template:Bone, cartilage, and joint procedures
CT head · Cerebral angiography · Pneumoencephalography · Echoencephalography/Transcranial doppler · MRI of brain and brain stem · Brain PET · SPECT of brain · Myelography
Diagnostic
PNS
Sympathetic nerves or ganglia
Nerves (general)
Diagnostic

M: CNS

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proc, drug(N1A/2AB/C/3/4/7A/B/C/D)

M: PNS

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proc, drug(N1B)



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