Types of Surgery: Colon

Key:
X = complete
* = partial
o = optional

Tissues Removed
	Segment	Colon	Lymph nodes	Other Organs
Local tumor destruction without specimen Includes cryosurgery, fulguration, laser surgery (vaporization), electrocautery	*
Local excision with pathologic specimen Includes endoscopic snare, excisional laser surgery, polypectomy	*
Partial (subtotal) colectomy but less than hemicolectomy; includes wedge resection, segmental resection, cecectomy (cecum), transverse colectomy, sigmoidectomy (sigmoid), ileocolectomy, enterocolectomy, partial resection of a colonic flexure	X	*	X	o
Hemicolectomy but less than total colectomy total colectomy Includes colectomy (right/ascending or left/descending) from mid-transverse laterally		*	X	o
Total colectomy Includes cecum through to sigmoid/rectosigmoid or part of rectum		X	X	o
Colectomy, Not Otherwise Specified, NOS	*/X	*	X	o
Colectomy of any type plus partial/total removal of other organs		*/X	X	o
Surgery of regional and/or distant sites or nodes				*

Other organs include mesentery, mesocolon, peritoneum, omentum, and/or terminal ileum

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