CRANIAL SURGERY - CRANIOTOMY/CRANIECTOMY Variable 170m1 date of last revision: 04/01/04
DEFINITION:
Craniotomy and/or craniectomy performed (separate procedures). [Definition to be developed by Medical Committee databusters.] *Burrhole washout is coded as craniotomy.
CODE:
1 Neither craniotomy nor craniectomy
2 Craniotomy
3 Craniectomy
4 Both (separate procedures)
9 Unknown