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Below is a list summarizing the CPT codes for craniectomy or craniotomy procedures.
CPT Code 61304
CPT 61304 describes a supratentorial craniectomy or craniotomy exploratory.
CPT Code 61305
CPT 61305 describes a craniectomy or craniotomy, exploratory, infratentorial (posterior fossa).
CPT Code 61312
CPT 61312 describes a craniectomy or craniotomy to evacuate an extradural or subdural hematoma in the supratentorial region.
CPT Code 61313
CPT 61313 describes a craniectomy or craniotomy for evacuation of a supratentorial intracerebral hematoma.
CPT Code 61314
CPT 61314 describes craniectomy or craniotomy for evacuation of extradural or subdural hematoma, infratentorial.
CPT Code 61315
CPT 61315 describes a craniectomy or craniotomy for evacuation of hematoma, infratentorial, and intracerebellar.
CPT Code 61320
CPT 61320 describes a craniectomy or craniotomy for supratentorial intracranial abscess drainage.
CPT Code 61321
CPT 61321 describes a craniectomy or craniotomy for drainage of an intracranial abscess located infratentorially.
CPT Code 61322
CPT 61322 describes a craniectomy or craniotomy with or without duraplasty for intracranial hypertension, without evacuation of associated intraparenchymal hematoma or lobectomy.
CPT Code 61323
CPT 61323 describes a craniectomy or craniotomy with or without duraplasty to treat intracranial hypertension, without evacuation of associated intraparenchymal hematoma, and with lobectomy.
CPT Code 61330
CPT 61330 describes decompression of the orbit only using a transcranial approach.
CPT Code 61333
CPT 61333 describes exploring the orbit (transcranial approach) by removing a lesion.
CPT Code 61340
CPT 61340 describes subtemporal cranial decompression for pseudotumor cerebri and slit ventricle syndrome.
CPT Code 61343
CPT 61343 describes a suboccipital craniectomy with cervical laminectomy for decompression of the medulla and spinal cord, with or without a dural graft, such as an Arnold-Chiari malformation.
CPT Code 61345
CPT 61345 describes another posterior fossa cranial decompression.
CPT Code 61450
CPT 61450 describes a craniectomy, subtemporal, for section, compression, or decompression of the sensory root of the gasserian ganglion.
CPT Code 61458
CPT 61458 describes a suboccipital craniectomy for the exploration or decompression of cranial nerves.
CPT Code 61460
CPT 61460 describes a suboccipital craniectomy for a section of one or more cranial nerves.
CPT Code 61500
CPT 61500 describes a craniectomy with the excision of a tumor or another bone lesion of the skull.
CPT Code 61501
CPT 61501 describes a craniectomy for osteomyelitis.
CPT Code 61510
CPT 61510 describes craniectomy, trephination, and bone flap craniotomy for the excision of a supratentorial brain tumor, except for meningioma.
CPT Code 61512
CPT 61512 describes craniectomy, trephination, and bone flap craniotomy to excision a supratentorial meningioma.
CPT Code 61514
CPT 61514 describes craniectomy, trephination, and bone flap craniotomy to excision a supratentorial brain abscess.
CPT Code 61516
CPT 61516 describes craniectomy, trephination, and bone flap craniotomy for excision or fenestration of a supratentorial cyst.
CPT Code 61518
CPT 61518 describes the craniectomy for the excision of a brain tumor, infratentorial or posterior fossa, excluding meningioma, cerebellopontine angle tumor, or midline tumor at the base of the skull.
CPT Code 61519
CPT 61519 describes the craniectomy for the excision of a meningioma brain tumor in the infratentorial or posterior fossa.
CPT Code 61520
CPT 61520 describes the excision of a brain tumor, infratentorial or posterior fossa, or a cerebellopontine angle tumor via craniectomy.
CPT Code 61521
CPT 61521 describes a craniectomy for the excision of a midline tumor at the base of the skull located in the infratentorial or posterior fossa.
CPT Code 61522
CPT 61522 describes the excision of a brain abscess through a craniectomy of the infratentorial or posterior fossa.
CPT Code 61524
CPT 61524 describes the excision or fenestration of a cyst through a craniectomy of the infratentorial or posterior fossa.
CPT Code 61526
CPT 61526 describes a craniectomy, bone flap craniotomy, and transtemporal (mastoid) excision of a cerebellopontine angle tumor.
CPT Code 61530
CPT 61530 describes a craniectomy, bone flap craniotomy, and transtemporal (mastoid) excision of a cerebellopontine angle tumor combined with a middle/posterior fossa craniotomy/craniectomy.
CPT Code 61531
CPT 61531 describes the subdural implantation of strip electrodes through one or more burr or trephine holes for long-term seizure monitoring.
CPT Code 61533
CPT 61533 describes a craniotomy with an elevation of a bone flap for subdural implantation of an electrode array for long-term seizure monitoring.
CPT Code 61534
CPT 61534 describes a craniotomy with an elevation of the bone flap for the excision of an epileptogenic focus without electrocorticography during surgery.
CPT Code 61535
CPT 61535 describes craniotomy with an elevation of bone flap to remove the epidural or subdural electrode array without excision of cerebral tissue as a separate procedure.
CPT Code 61536
CPT 61536 describes a craniotomy with the elevation of a bone flap for the excision of a cerebral epileptogenic focus, along with electrocorticography during the surgery, including removing an electrode array.
CPT Code 61537
CPT 61537 describes a craniotomy with the elevation of bone flap for lobectomy of the temporal lobe without electrocorticography during surgery.
CPT Code 61538
CPT 61538 describes a craniotomy with the elevation of bone flap for lobectomy of the temporal lobe, with electrocorticography performed during the surgery.
CPT Code 61539
CPT 61539 describes a craniotomy with the elevation of bone flap for partial or total lobectomy, other than the temporal lobe, with electrocorticography during surgery.
CPT Code 61540
CPT 61540 describes a craniotomy with the elevation of bone flap for partial or total lobectomy, other than the temporal lobe, without electrocorticography during surgery.
CPT Code 61541
CPT 61541 describes a craniotomy with the elevation of the bone flap for transection of the corpus callosum.
CPT Code 61543
CPT 61543 describes a craniotomy with an elevation of the bone flap for partial or subtotal (functional) hemispherectomy.
CPT Code 61544
CPT 61544 describes a craniotomy with the elevation of a bone flap for excision or coagulation of the choroid plexus.
CPT Code 61545
CPT 61545 describes a craniotomy with the elevation of a bone flap for the excision of a craniopharyngioma.
CPT Code 61546
CPT 61546 describes a craniotomy for hypophysectomy or excision of a pituitary tumor using an intracranial approach.
CPT Code 61548
CPT 61548 describes the excision of a pituitary tumor through a transnasal or transseptal approach without stereotactic techniques.
CPT Code 61550
CPT 61550 describes a craniectomy for craniosynostosis involving a single cranial suture.
CPT Code 61552
CPT 61552 describes a craniectomy for craniosynostosis involving multiple cranial sutures.
CPT Code 61556
CPT 61556 describes a craniotomy for craniosynostosis involving a frontal or parietal bone flap.
CPT Code 61557
CPT 61557 describes a craniotomy for craniosynostosis with a bifrontal bone flap.
CPT Code 61558
CPT 61558 describes extensive craniectomy for multiple cranial suture craniosynostosis (e.g., cloverleaf skull) that does not require bone grafts.
CPT Code 61559
CPT 61559 describes extensive craniectomy for multiple cranial suture craniosynostosis, recontouring with multiple osteotomies and bone autografts, and obtaining grafts.
CPT Code 61563
CPT 61563 describes the excision of a benign tumor of cranial bone, such as fibrous dysplasia, intra and extracranially, without optic nerve decompression.
CPT Code 61564
CPT 61564 describes the excision of a benign tumor of cranial bone, such as fibrous dysplasia, both intra and extracranially, with optic nerve decompression.
CPT Code 61566
CPT 61566 describes craniotomy with the elevation of the bone flap for selective amygdalohippocampectomy.
CPT Code 61567
CPT 61567 describes a craniotomy with the elevation of bone flap, multiple subpial transections, and electrocorticography during surgery.
CPT Code 61570
CPT 61570 describes a craniectomy or craniotomy with the excision of a foreign body from the brain.
CPT Code 61571
CPT 61571 describes a craniectomy or craniotomy with the treatment of a penetrating brain wound.
CPT Code 61575
CPT 61575 describes a transoral approach to biopsy, decompression, or excision of a lesion in the skull base, brain stem, or upper spinal cord.
CPT Code 61576
CPT 61576 describes a transoral approach to the skull base, brain stem, or upper spinal cord for biopsy, decompression, or excision of a lesion that requires tongue and/or mandible splitting, including tracheostomy.
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