Transcription of Operating Procedure Codes - GOV.UK
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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 .. 6. Wound classification .. 6. Abdominal Hysterectomy .. 6. Laparoscopic assisted' 6. The minimum wound class is shown in brackets by group name .. 7. Bile duct, liver or pancreatic 8. Laparoscopic assisted' 8.
Hip replacement Replacement of the hip joint, including resurfacing of any part of the joint, revision of a previous replacement and conversion from a previous hemiarthroplasty or bone fixation. Excludes replacement of head of femur alone (see Repair of neck of femur).
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