02.94 - Insertion Or Replacement Of Skull Tongs Or Halo Traction Device

The ICD 9 Code for Insertion or replacement of skull tongs or halo traction device is listed as 02.94.
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:	02.94
Description:	Insertion or replacement of skull tongs or halo traction device
Short Description:	Insert/replac skull tong

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:	0NH004Z - Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Skull, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0NH034Z - Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Skull, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0NH044Z - Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Skull, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 02.94:
02.91 - Lysis of cortical adhesions
02.92 - Repair of brain
02.93 - Implantation or replacement of intracranial neurostimulator lead(s)
02.95 - Removal of skull tongs or halo traction device
02.96 - Insertion of sphenoidal electrodes
02.99 - Other operations on skull, brain, and cerebral meninges