02.01 - Opening Of Cranial Suture
The ICD 9 Code for Opening of cranial suture is listed as 02.01.
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: | 02.01 |
| Description: | Opening of cranial suture |
| Short Description: | Linear craniectomy |
| Chapter: | Operations on the nervous system |
| Subsection 1: | Other operations on skull, brain, and cerebral meninges |
| ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD 10 PCS Code: | 0NB00ZZ - Excision of Skull, Open Approach (approximate) |
| ICD 10 PCS Code: | 0NB03ZZ - Excision of Skull, Percutaneous Approach (approximate) |
| ICD 10 PCS Code: | 0NB04ZZ - Excision of Skull, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 02.01: | |
| 02.02 - Elevation of skull fracture fragments | |
| 02.03 - Formation of cranial bone flap | |
| 02.04 - Bone graft to skull | |
| 02.05 - Insertion of skull plate | |
| 02.06 - Other cranial osteoplasty | |
| 02.07 - Removal of skull plate | |