Ext rt hemicolect anast NEC

English Medical Medical (general)

Ext rt hemicolect anast NEC

This is from a patient report from UK.

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5 +5

7 mins

Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães

Brazil

Native in English & English

Specializes in field

Selected

extended right hemicolectomy and anastomosis, not elsewhere classified

It's an OPCS code descriptor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPCS-4
http://www.surginet.org.uk/informatics/opcs.php

Peer comment(s):

agree	Veronika McLaren 13 mins
	Thank you, Veronika!
agree	Siegfried Armbruster 1 hr
	Thank you, Siegfried!
agree	casper (X) : What an abbreviation this 'NEC' is ! Long live abbreviations - the pet peeve of every translator, nay, every reader ;-) 2 hrs
	Indeed :-)
agree	Polangmar 4 hrs
	Thank you!
agree	amarpaul : nice reference :-) 6 hrs
	Thank you! I don't always provide them, but when I do, I like to make sure they're useful :)

4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you for the prompt and prrecise answer!"