Laparo-endogastric surgery

Summary

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued full guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on laparo-endogastric surgery.

As part of the NICE's work programme, the current guidance was considered for review but did not meet the review criteria as set out in the IP process guide. The guidance below therefore remains current.

Description

Laparoendogastric surgery is a minimally invasive approach to surgery for gastric wall lesions, and attempts to avoid resection of the full thickness of stomach wall. With the patient under general anaesthetic, the surgeon passes an endoscope through the oesophagus into the stomach. A laparoscope is inserted through a small incision in the upper abdominal wall, passed into the stomach, and surgery is performed from inside.

OPCS4.6 Code(s):

In addition to the code for the primary gastric surgery that is performed to treat the lesion, the following two OPCS-4 codes are assigned:

Y76.3 Endoscopic approach to other body cavity

Y75.2 Laparoscopic approach to abdominal cavity NEC

_{The NHS Classifications Service of NHS Connecting for Health is the central definitive source for clinical coding guidance and determines the coding standards associated with the classifications (OPCS-4 and ICD-10) to be used across the NHS.   The NHS Classifications Service and NICE work collaboratively to ensure the most appropriate classification codes are provided.  www.connectingforhealth.co.uk/clinicalcoding}

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Links:

	IPG25 Laparo-endogastric surgery: guidance	17 December 2003
	IPG25 Laparo-endogastric surgery: guidance (web format)	08 February 2011
	IPG25 Laparo-endogastric surgery: understanding NICE guidance	17 December 2003
	IPG25 Llawdriniaeth laparo-endogastrig: deall canllawiau NICE	06 May 2009
	IPG25 Laparo-endogastric surgery: distribution list	17 December 2003
	Interventional procedures consultation document - laparo-endogastric surgery	23 June 2003
	Overview of laparo-endogastric surgery	23 June 2003
	Consent - procedures for which the benefits and risks are uncertain	27 November 2003