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Resource ICD-10-PCS Root Operation Supplement Value U

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Supplement-Root Operation U​

Supplement is defined as putting in or on biologic or synthetic material that physically reinforces and/or augments the function of a portion of a body part. The biological material can be nonliving or living from the same individual.

The body part may have been previously replaced and the supplement procedure performed to physically reinforce and/or augment the function of the replaced body part.

The objective of procedures coded to the supplement root operation is to put in a device that reinforces or augments the functions of some or all of a body part. The body part may have been taken out during a previous procedure but is not taken out as part of the supplement procedure. Supplement includes a wide range of procedures, from hernia repairs using mesh reinforcement to heart valve annuloplasties and grafts such as nerve grafts that supplement but do not physically take the place of the existing body part.

Examples of supplement procedures include herniorrhaphy using mesh, free nerve graft, mitral valve ring annuloplasty, putting in a new acetabular liner in a previous hip replacement, abdominal wall herniorrhaphy using mesh, and colporrhaphy with mesh reinforcement.
 
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