 2008 ICD-9-CM Procedure 01.24
- Other craniotomy
- (kray-nee-AH-toe-mee) An operation in which an opening is made in the skull.
- A small opening in the skull made with a surgical drill.
- Any operation on the cranium or incision into the cranium. (Dorland, 28th ed)
- The removal of a circular disk of the cranium. It is performed with a trephine, a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
- 01.24 is a specific code that can be used to specify a procedure
- 01.24 contains 18 index entries
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01.24 also known as:- Cranial:
- decompression
- exploration
- trephination
- Craniotomy NOS
- Craniotomy with removal of:
- epidural abscess
- extradural hematoma
- foreign body of skull
01.24 excludes: - removal of foreign body with incision into brain (01.39)
Index entries containing 01.24:- Burr holes
 01.24Craniotomy 01.24- as operative approach -- omit code
- fetal 73.8
- for decompression of fracture 02.02
- reopening of site 01.23
Decompression- brain 01.24
- cranial 01.24
- intracranial 01.24
Drainage- epidural space, cerebral (incision) (trephination) 01.24
- extradural space, cerebral (incision) (trephination) 01.24
- intracranial space (epidural) (extradural) (incision) (trephination) 01.24
- by aspiration 01.09
- subarachnoid or subdural (incision) (trephination) 01.31
Exploration -- see also Incision- cranium 01.24
Incision (and drainage)- bone 77.10
- skull 01.24
- cerebral (meninges) 01.39
- epidural or extradural space 01.24
- epidural space, cerebral 01.24
- extradural space (cerebral) 01.24
- intracranial (epidural space) (extradural space) 01.24
- subarachnoid or subdural space 01.31
- skull (bone) 01.24
Removal -- see also Excision- foreign body NEC -- see also Incision, by site 98.20
- brain 01.39
- without incision into brain 01.24
- skull 01.24
- with incision into brain 01.39
Trephination, trephining- cranium 01.24
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