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Resource ICD-10-PCS Root Operation Destruction Value 5

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None of the body part is physically taken out. Destruction takes out a body part because it obliterates the body part so it is no longer there.

Examples:
Ablation
Cautery
Coagulation
Cryotherapy
Destruction
Fulguration
Pleurodesis
Sclerotherapy
 
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