Operating Procedure Codes
Operating Procedure Codes Supplement (OPCS). Surgical Site Infection Surveillance Service (SSISS). Use in conjunction with the protocol for surveillance of surgical site infection. Contains a full list of eligible procedures within each surgical category and their corresponding Codes with minimum wound class to be used when undertaking surgical site infection surveillance. Derived from: NHS Digital/Health and Social Care Information Centre to Published November 2019. 1. SSISS Protocol: OPCS Operating Procedure code supplement. to Contents Abbreviations ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ....... 3. Procedures included in SSISS 4. Categories of 6. Minimally invasive procedures ........................................ ........................................ .................. 6. Coding procedures included in the surveillance.
neck of femur using pin and plate, dynamic hip screw or cannulated screw. Small bowel surgery Incision, excision or anastomosis of small intestine, excluding procedures which involve anastomosis of small to large bowel. Spinal surgery Surgical procedures on the vertebral structures of the spine
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