Understanding Procedural Coding Chapter 17 Nervous System
A(n)_________is completed to remove a skull bone.
craniectomy
The outermost layer of the meninges is the_______.
dura mater
The innermost layer of the meninges is the_______.
pia mater
Puncture of shunt tubing for injection procedure
61070
Burr hole for aspiration of intracerebral cyst
61156
Supratentorial exploratory craniotomy
61304
CPT coding Craniectomy for drainage of intracranial abscess, infraterntorial
61321
Transcranial decompression of orbit
61330
Subtemporal cranial decompression
61340
Intracranial craniotomy for hypophysectomy of pituitary tumor
61546
Craniectomy with excision of foreign body from brain
61570
Percutaneous intracranial balloon angioplasty
61630
Sterotactic implantation of depth electrodes into the cerebrum for the long-term monitoring of seizure activity
61760
Craniectomy for implantation of neurostimulator cerebellar electrodes in the subcortical area
61875
Reduction of craniomegalic skull with simple cranioplasty
62117
Craniotomy for repair of encephalocele at skull base
62121
Removal of prosthetic plate of skull
62142
Ventriculocisternostomy
62180
Replacement of ventricular catheter
62225
Epidural injection of clot patch
62273
Intradural cervical laminectomy for excision of intraspinal lesion
63270
Laminectomy for excision of an intraspinal intradural neoplasm in the sacral (intradural)
63283
Stereotactic biopsy of a lesion on the spinal cord
63615
Removal of spinal neurostimulator electrode percutaneous array
63661
Repair of 6.3-cm myelomeningocele
63706
Repair of cerebrospinal fluid leak not requiring a laminectomy
63707
Injection of anesthetic agent into facial nerve
64402
Facial-spinal accessory nerve anastomosis
64866
The______connects the diencephalon to the spinal cord.
brainstem
(T/F) Stereotactic procedures completed on the brain are reported using codes 61720 to 61750.
False
(T/F) The brachial plexus extends from the C1 vertebrae to the T3 vertebrae.
False
(T/F) The largest portion of the brain is the cerebellum.
False
(T/F) The mesencephalon is located between the midbrain and the cerebrum.
False
(T/F) The temporal lobe is where the nerves related to hearing, memory, and speech perception are located.
True
The middle layer of the meninges is the_______.
arachnoid mater
