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01.15 - Biopsy Of Skull


The ICD 9 Code for Biopsy of skull is listed as 01.15.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Volume 3 (PCS) Field Value
Procedure Code: 01.15
Description: Biopsy of skull
Short Description: Skull biopsy
Chapter: Operations on the nervous system
Subsection 1: Incision and excision of skull, brain, and cerebral meninges
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0N900ZX - Drainage of Skull, Open Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0N903ZX - Drainage of Skull, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0N904ZX - Drainage of Skull, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0NB00ZX - Excision of Skull, Open Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0NB03ZX - Excision of Skull, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0NB04ZX - Excision of Skull, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 01.15:
01.10 - Intracranial pressure monitoring
01.11 - Closed [percutaneous] [needle] biopsy of cerebral meninges
01.12 - Open biopsy of cerebral meninges
01.13 - Closed [percutaneous] [needle] biopsy of brain
01.14 - Open biopsy of brain
01.16 - Intracranial oxygen monitoring
01.17 - Brain temperature monitoring
01.18 - Other diagnostic procedures on brain and cerebral meninges
01.19 - Other diagnostic procedures on skull