01.26 - Insertion Of Catheter(s) Into Cranial Cavity Or Tissue

The ICD 9 Code for Insertion of catheter(s) into cranial cavity or tissue is listed as 01.26.
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:	01.26
Description:	Insertion of catheter(s) into cranial cavity or tissue
Short Description:	Ins cath cranial cav/tis

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:	0WH103Z - Insertion of Infusion Device into Cranial Cavity, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0WH133Z - Insertion of Infusion Device into Cranial Cavity, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0WH143Z - Insertion of Infusion Device into Cranial Cavity, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 01.26:
01.20 - Cranial implantation or replacement of neurostimulator pulse generator
01.21 - Incision and drainage of cranial sinus
01.22 - Removal of intracranial neurostimulator lead(s)
01.23 - Reopening of craniotomy site
01.24 - Other craniotomy
01.25 - Other craniectomy
01.27 - Removal of catheter(s) from cranial cavity or tissue
01.28 - Placement of intracerebral catheter(s) via burr hole(s)
01.29 - Removal of cranial neurostimulator pulse generator