when the surgeon performs an appendectomy, the nurse recognizes that the surgical category will be identified as

When the surgeon performs an appendectomy, the nurse recognizes that the surgical category will be identified as : Class II or clean contaminated.What is Class II or clean contaminated surgery?Clean-contaminated wound no signs of infection at the time of surgery but involve repairing / removing an internal organ. Some of the examples of this type of wound include surgery of lungs and appendix and vaginal procedures and the risk for an infection is less than 10%.Class I are considered clean wound as they show no signs of infection or inflammation. They involve the eye, skin, or vascular system. Class II wounds are considered clean-contaminated.Surgery to remove the appendix when it is infected is called  appendectomy and the condition is called appendicitis. Appendectomy is a common emergency surgery and appendix is a thin pouch that is attached to the large intestine.To know more about appendectomy, referhttps://brainly.com/question/28256177#SPJ4