02.05 - Insertion Of Skull Plate

The ICD 9 Code for Insertion of skull plate is listed as 02.05.
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:	02.05
Description:	Insertion of skull plate
Short Description:	Skull plate insertion

Chapter:	Operations on the nervous system
Subsection 1:	Other operations on skull, brain, and cerebral meninges
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0NR00JZ - Replacement of Skull with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0NR03JZ - Replacement of Skull with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0NR04JZ - Replacement of Skull with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0NU00JZ - Supplement Skull with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0NU03JZ - Supplement Skull with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0NU04JZ - Supplement Skull with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 02.05:
02.01 - Opening of cranial suture
02.02 - Elevation of skull fracture fragments
02.03 - Formation of cranial bone flap
02.04 - Bone graft to skull
02.06 - Other cranial osteoplasty
02.07 - Removal of skull plate