Definitions of The Root Operation

Question 1

Cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part - biopsies

Answer 1

Excision

Question 2

Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part

Note: When an entire lymph node chain is cut out, the appropriate root operation is Resection. When a lymph node(s) is cut out, the root operation is Excision

Answer 2

Resection

Question 3

Cutting off all or part of the upper or lower extremities

Answer 3

Detachment

Question 4

Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force or a destructive agent

Answer 4

Destruction

Question 5

Pulling or stripping out or off all or a portion of a body part by the use of force

Answer 5

Extraction

Question 6

Taking or letting out fluids and/or gases from a body part

Answer 6

Drainage

Question 7

Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part

Objective is to remove solid material such as a foreign body, thrombus, or calculus from the body part.

Answer 7

Extirpation

Question 8

Breaking solid matter in a body part into pieces

Answer 8

Fragmentation

Question 9

Cutting into a body part without draining fluids and/or gases from the body part in order to separate or transect a body part

Objective of the procedure is to cut into, transect, or otherwise separate all or a portion of a body part. Severing a nerve root to relieve pain

Answer 9

Division

Question 10

Freeing a body part from an abnormal physical constraint by cutting or by use of force

Some of the restraining tissue may be taken out but none of the body part is taken out. Freeing a nerve root from surrounding scar tissue to relieve pain

Answer 10

Release

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Transplantation

Question 12

Putting back in or on all or a portion of a separated body part to its normal location or other suitable location

Answer 12

Reattachment

Question 13

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.

Answer 13

Transfer

Question 14

Moving to its normal location or other suitable location all or a portion of a body part

Answer 14

Reposition

Question 15

Partially closing an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part

Embolization procedure is to narrow the lumen of a vessel

Answer 15

Restriction

Question 16

Completely closing an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part

Embolization procedure is to completely close a vessel

Answer 16

Occlusion

Question 17

Expanding an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part

Answer 17

Dilation

Question 18

Altering the route of passage of the contents of a tubular body part

Answer 18

Bypass