SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT 2. ICD-9-CM Neurosurgical Procedure Codes for TBI
Any Neurosurgical Procedure1 for TBI 01.09, 01.10, 01.18, 01.23, 01.24, 01.25, 01.26, 01.31, 01.39, 01.59, 02.02, 02.12, 02.2, 02.34, 02.39, 02.92, 02.99
Intracranial Pressure Monitor 01.10
Ventriculostomy 02.2, 02.39
Craniotomy/Craniectomy 01.23, 01.24, 01.25, 01.31, 01.39
1Neurosurgical procedure codes include any ICD-9-CM procedure code that could be used to describe neurosurgical intervention in the treatment of severe TBI (e.g. other cranial puncture; intracranial pressure monitoring; other diagnostic procedures on brain and cerebral meninges; reopening of craniotomy site; other craniotomy; other craniectomy; incision of cerebral meninges; other incision of brain; other excision or destruction of lesion or tissue of brain; elevation of skull fracture fragments; other repair of cerebral meninges; ventriculostomy; ventricular shunt to abdominal cavity and organs; other operations to establish drainage of ventricle;
repair of brain; other operations on skull, brain, and cerebral meninges).
