2025 CPT code 62000
(Active) Effective Date: N/A Surgery - Surgical Procedures on the Nervous System Surgery Feed
Elevation of depressed skull fracture; simple, extradural.
Modifiers may be applicable to this code, such as -22 (Increased Procedural Services) for unusually complex cases, or -52 (Reduced Services) if the procedure is discontinued.
Medical necessity for this procedure is established by the presence of a depressed skull fracture that requires surgical elevation to prevent further complications such as intracranial pressure, neurological deficits, or cosmetic deformity.
The surgeon is responsible for performing the procedure, including prepping and anesthetizing the patient, making the incision, creating the burr hole, elevating the depressed bone fragment, suturing the scalp, and applying a sterile dressing.
In simple words: This procedure fixes a dent in the skull caused by a fracture where the broken bone has been pushed inward. The surgeon makes a small hole in the skull near the dent and lifts the depressed bone back into place.
This procedure involves elevating a simple, extradural depressed skull fracture.The surgeon makes an incision in the scalp, creates a burr hole, and elevates the depressed bone fragment back to its anatomical position.The scalp is then sutured closed.
Example 1: A patient presents with a depressed skull fracture in the frontal bone after falling from a ladder. The fracture is simple, extradural, and without significant comminution.Code 62000 is appropriate., A child falls and sustains a ping-pong type depressed skull fracture. The fracture is minimally displaced and without dural tear or brain injury.Closed reduction techniques are attempted unsuccessfully. An incision is made and a burr hole is placed near the fracture for elevation.Code 62000 is reported., A patient is involved in a motor vehicle accident and sustains a depressed skull fracture. The fracture involves comminution of bone fragments but is extradural and without intracranial hematoma.The fragments are surgically elevated. Code 62000 would likely not be reported, as this scenario is more complex due to the comminuted fragments. More complex codes would be appropriate.
Documentation should include details of the injury, location and type of fracture, operative approach, method of elevation, and any complications.
** Code 62000 describes a simple elevation of a depressed skull fracture. More complex repairs, involving multiple fragments, significant comminution, or intracranial involvement, would be coded using other, more appropriate, CPT codes.
- Revenue Code: P1G
- Specialties:Neurosurgery
- Place of Service:Inpatient Hospital, Outpatient Hospital, Ambulatory Surgical Center