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dissection

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Dissection (from Latin dissecare "to cut to pieces"; also called anatomization) is the dismembering of the body of a deceased animal or plant to study its anatomical structure. Autopsy is used in pathology and forensic medicine to determine the cause of death in humans...
Related Codes (18)
Code
Description
Billable
Details
I25.42Coronary artery dissection
I67.0Dissection of cerebral arteries, nonruptured
Type 1 Excludes (1)
I71.0Dissection of aorta
I71.00Dissection of unspecified site of aorta
I71.01Dissection of thoracic aorta
I71.012Dissection of descending thoracic aorta
I71.019Dissection of thoracic aorta, unspecified
I71.02Dissection of abdominal aorta
I71.03Dissection of thoracoabdominal aorta
I77.70Dissection of unspecified artery

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