Surgery emergency and immediate procedure OPCS-4 codes



Coding system
OPCS-4
Coding system release
unknown
Organisation
OpenSAFELY
Codelist ID
opensafely/surgery-emergency-and-immediate-procedure-opcs-4-codes
Version ID
7d310512

Versions
  • 7d310512

Description

OPCS-4 codes indicating an emergency or immediate procedure. Can be used in addition to primary procedure code


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Y70.1  Emergency operations
Y70.2  Immediate operations