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01.01 - Cisternal Puncture


The ICD 9 Code for Cisternal puncture is listed as 01.01.
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: 01.01
Description: Cisternal puncture
Short Description: Cisternal puncture
Chapter: Operations on the nervous system
Subsection 1: Incision and excision of skull, brain, and cerebral meninges
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 009530Z - Drainage of Subarachnoid Space with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 00953ZZ - Drainage of Subarachnoid Space, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 009540Z - Drainage of Subarachnoid Space with Drainage Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 00954ZZ - Drainage of Subarachnoid Space, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 01.01:
01.02 - Ventriculopuncture through previously implanted catheter
01.09 - Other cranial puncture