Types of Operations Performed
The following list of surgical operations forms the basis of
the benefit payment. Please circle the number of thepertinent item and fill up the appropriate blank on theattending physician’s statement with the number and thename of the operation. If the operation does not fall under
any item of the following list (or if the exception applies tothe operation), please write specific nature of theoperation at the end of the list.
Definition:“Operation” refers to incision, removal, or other instrumental manipulation
applied to the living body with a direct purpose of medical treatment. It does
not include suction, puncture. etc. and does not include nerve blocking.
“Craniotomy” refers to cutting or removal of a part of the skull to expose
the brain.
“Thoracolomy” refers to incision of the chest wall that opens the thoracic
cavity to enable intrathoracic manipulation on empyemic lesion, the pleura,lungs, heart, diaphrahgma, mediastinal cavity, esophagus, etc.
“Laparotomy” refers to incision of the abdominal wall that opens theabdominal cavity to enable inrapertioneal manipulation on the stomach,
duodenum, small intestine, colon, appendix. liver and biliary tract, pancreas,speen, ovaries, uterus, etc.
NumberType of Operation

Operations on Skin and Breast:
1. Skin grafting (excluding graft smaller than 25c㎡)
2. Mastectomy.
Operations on Muscles and Bones (excluding nailing extraction):
3. Bone grafting.
4. Operation for osteomyelists and bone tubeculosis (excluding simple inscisionof abscesses).
5. Open operations of the skull (excluding operations on the nasal bone andseptum).
6. Open operations on the nasal bone (excluding operations for deviations ofthe nasal septum).
7. Open operations on maxilas, mandibles, and jaw joints (excluding those
supplementing the treatment of teeth or gingiva).
8. Open operations on the spine and pelvis.
9. Open operations on clavicles, scapulas, ribs and sternums.
10. Amputation of limbs (excluding fingers and toes).
11. Rettachment of severed limbs (involving discontinuation of a bone or a joino).
12. Open operations on the bones and joins of the limbs (excluding fingers andtoes).
13. Open operations on muscles, tendons, and ligaments (excluding fingers andtoes, also excluding the operations for myositis, ganglions, and myxomas).
Operations on Chest and Respiratory System:
14. Radical operations for chronic sinusitis.
15. Total laryngectomy
16. Operations on the trachea, bronchia, lungs, and pleura (involving thoracotomy).
17. Thoracoplasty.
18. Removal of mediastinal tumors.
Operations on Circulatory System and Speen:
19. Open angioplasty (excluding the formation of dialysis shunt).
20. Radical operations for varices.
21. Operations on the aorta, cava, pulmonary arteries, and coronary arteries(involving, thoracotomy or laparotomy).
22. Pericardiotomy and pericadiorrhaphy.
23. Open intracardiac operations.
24. Implantation of internal pacemakers.
25.Splenectomy.
Operations on Digestive System:
26. Removal of parotid tumors.
27. Removal of submandibular tumors.
28. Esophageal transection.
29. Gastrectomy.
30. Other operations on the stomach and esophagus (involving thoracotomy
or laparotomy).
31. Operations for peritonitis.
32. Open operations on the liver, gallbladder, biliary duct, and pancreas.
33. Radical operations for hernia.
34. Appendectomy and cecoplication.
35. Radical operations for rectal prolapse.
36. Other operations on the intestines and mesentery (involving laparotomy).
37. Radical operations for anal fistula, anal prolapse, and hemorrhoids (onlythose intended for final curing and excluding temporary treatment andsimple hemorrhoid surgery).

Operations on Urinary and Genital Systems:
38. Renal transplantation (only recipients of the organ).
39. Open operations on the kidneys renal pelves, ureters, and bladder(excluding transurethral operations).
40. Open operations for unethral stricture (excluding transurethral operations).
41. Open operations for urinary fistula (excluding transurethral operations).
42. Amputation of the penis.
43. Operations on the testicles, epididymides, spermatic duets, spermatic cords,seminal vesicles, and prostates.
44. Radical operations for hydrocele testis.
45. Extended hysterectomy (excluding simple hysterectomy).
46. Tracheloplasty and tracheolorrhaphy.
47. Cesarean section.
48. Operations for ectopic pregnancy.
49. Operations for prolapse of the uterus or vagina.
50. Other operations the uterus (excluding cervical polypectomy and electiveabortion).
51. Open Operations on the oviducts and the ovaries (excluding transvaginaloperations).
52. Other operations on the oviducts and the ovaries.
Operations on Endocrine System:
53. Removal of pituitary tumors.
54. Operations on the thyroidea.
55. Adrenalectomy.
Operations on Nervous System:
56. Open intracranial operations
57. Open nervous operations (including plasty, graft excision, decompression,unroofing and avulsion).
58. Surgical removal of spinal tumors.
59. Open intradural and epidural operations.
Operations on Sensory System-Ｖisual organs:
60. Operations for blepharoptosis.
61. Plasty of the lacrimal duct.
62. Dacryocystorhinostomy.
63. Plasty of the conjunctival sac.
64. Keratoplasty.
65. Surgical removal of foreign bodies from the anterior chamber, iris,
vitreous body and the orbit.
66. Adhesiotomy on the both sides of the iris.
67. Surgical operations for glaucoma.
68. Surgical operations for cataract and those on the lens.
69. Surgical operations on the vitreous body.
70. Operations for retinal detachment.
71. Operations on the eyeballs utilizing laser or cryopexy.
72. Removal of the eyeball and tissue filling.
73. Removal of orbital tumors.
74. Transplanation of ocular muscles.
Operations on Sensory System-Auditory Organs:
75. Open myringoplasty and tympanoplasty.
76. Mustoidectomy.
77. Radical operations on the middle car.
78. Open operations on the inner ear.
79. Removal of auditory nerve tumors.
Operations for Malignant Neoplasms:
80. Radical operations for malignant neoplasms.
81. Thermotherapy for malignant neoplasms.
82. Other operations for malignant neoplasms.
Other operations:
83. Craniotomy other than listed above.
84. Thoracotomy other than listed above.
85. Laparotomy other than listed above.
86. Shock-wave lithotritsy.
87. Operations using a fiberscope or a baskei-lip vascular catherter or the brain,larynx, thoracic organs, and abdominal organs (excluding diagnostic
procedures and temporary treatment).
Operations for Malignant Neoplasms:
88. Curative radiotherapy for neoplasms.
Ｂone marrow harvest:
89. Ｂone marrow harvest
If the operations does not fall under the list above, please report thespecific name or nature of the operation.
Please report the same if the operation is excluded by the provisions inparenthese or by the difinition of "operation" employed here.