Division-Root Operation 8
Division is defined as cutting into a body part without draining fluids or gases from the body part in order to separate or transect the body part. During a division procedure either all or a portion of the body part can be separated into two or more portions.
The division root operation is coded when the objective of the procedure is to cut into, transect, or otherwise separate all or a portion of a body part. When the objective is to cut or separate the area around a body part, the attachments of a body part, or between subdivisions of a body part that are causing abnormal constraints, then release is the correct root operation.
Examples include osteotomy, sacral rhizotomy, anal sphincterotomy, division of a tendon, and spinal cordotomy.