Skull Base / Cranial Neurosurgery CPT Codes

Craniectomy, trephination, bone flap craniotomy; for excision of brain tumor, supratentorial, except meningioma

Craniectomy, meningioma

Craniectomy for excision of brain tumor, infratentorial

Craniectomy, midline tumor

Hypophysectomy, transnasal

Creation of shunt; ventriculo-peritoneal

Replacement of CSF shunt

Burr hole, supratentorial

Burr hole(s) with evacuation and/or drainage of hematoma, extradural or subdural

Craniectomy for evacuation of hematoma, supratentorial

Craniectomy or craniotomy, evacuation of hematoma, supratentorial; epidural

Craniectomy for epidural/subdural hematoma, supratentorial

Twist drill hole for subdural or ventricular puncture

Burr hole(s) or trephine; with biopsy of brain or intracranial lesion

Twist drill craniostomy with catheter

Burr hole aspiration hematoma/cyst

Craniectomy trephination exploratory

Craniectomy trephination with biopsy

Craniotomy supratentorial hematoma

Craniotomy subdural hematoma

Craniotomy aneurysm carotid circulation

Craniectomy or craniotomy, evacuation of hematoma, supratentorial; subdural

Craniectomy or craniotomy, evacuation of hematoma, supratentorial; intracerebral

Craniotomy abscess supratentorial

Craniectomy abscess posterior fossa

Craniotomy epilepsy focus excision

Craniotomy corpus callosotomy

Craniectomy skull base lesion anterior fossa extradural

Craniectomy skull base extradural lesion posterior fossa

Craniotomy supratentorial brain tumor

Craniotomy for excision brain abscess/tumor cyst

Bifrontal craniotomy anterior skull base lesion

Resection AVM cerebellum

Resection AVM cerebrum

Carotid-cavernous fistula intracranial repair

Infratemporal preauricular skull base lesion

Subtemporal skull base lesion

Transcochlear skull base lesion

Orbitocranial zygomatic skull base approach

Lesioning thalamus/pallidum

Stereotactic biopsy intracranial lesion

Stereotactic computer-assisted procedure intracranial extradural add-on

Stereotactic computer-assisted procedure intracranial intradural add-on

Stereotactic navigation, cranial

Burr hole placement neurostimulator electrode

Cranial neurostimulator insertion pulse generator

Cranioplasty skull defect <=5 cm

Cranioplasty skull defect >5 cm

Reduction/enlargement cranial defect infant

Craniectomy craniosynostosis single suture

Repair encephalocele skull

Ventricular puncture through previous burr hole, fontanelle, suture, or implanted ventricular catheter/reservoir

Craniectomy, decompressive, with or without duraplasty, for treatment of intracranial hypertension, without evacuation of associated intraparenchymal hematoma; without lobectomy

Replacement or irrigation of ventricular catheter

Removal of complete cerebrospinal fluid shunt system; without replacement

Endovascular temporary balloon occlusion

Balloon angioplasty, intracranial

Trephination for subdural hematoma

Surgery of intracranial arteriovenous malformation; supratentorial, simple

Surgery of intracranial aneurysm, intracranial approach; carotid circulation