Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy

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 laparoscopic radical prostatectomy in November 2006.It replaces the previous guidance on 'Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy‘ (Interventional Procedures Guidance no. 16, October 2003).

NICE has also published a clinical guideline on prostate cancer in February 2008, available from www.nice.org.uk/cg58.

Description

This procedure is used to treat localised prostate carcinoma. It involves the insertion of a laparoscope and a four trocars through the abdominal wall. The prostate, adjacent tissue and lymph nodes are separated and removed and the urethra reconnected.

NICE Pathways

This guidance has been incorporated into the following NICE Pathways, along with other related guidance and products.

Visit the NICE Pathway: prostate cancer

OPCS4.6 Code(s):

One of the following OPCS-4 codes is selected:

M61.1 Total excision of prostate and capsule of prostate

M61.8 Other specifiedopen excision of prostate

plus

Y75.2 Laparoscopic approach to abdominal cavity

or

Y76.5 Robotic assisted minimal access approach to other body cavity 

Note: The codes M61.1 and M61.8 do not include any associated lymph node removal and these are classified with an additional code from categories T85-T87.

In addition the ICD-10 code C61.X Malignant neoplasm of prostate would be recorded.

_{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}

Details

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Links:

	IPG193 Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: guidance	22 November 2006
	IPG193 Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: guidance (Web format)	15 February 2011
	IPG193 Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: information for the public	22 November 2006
	IPG193 Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: information for the public (MW Word format)	22 November 2006
	Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: Consultation comments table and responses	22 November 2006
	Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (review) (interventional procedures consultation)	27 June 2006
	Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (review) (interventional procedures overview)	27 June 2006