Exam 22: Endocrine and Nervous Systems

What procedure is often performed with a laminectomy?

The physician drills a burr hole in the cranium to drain a subdural hematoma. CPT Code: ____________________

Posterior hemilaminectomy with herniated discectomy L2 thru L4. CPT Codes: ____________________

The peripheral nervous system refers to the nervous structures outside of the:

In the Surgery of Skull Base, the ____ procedure is what is done to the lesion.

The physician biopsies an intracranial lesion using stereotaxis. CPT Code: ____________________

The physician irrigates an existing ventricular catheter. CPT Code: ____________________

In the Surgery of Skull Base, the ____ procedure is the method used to obtain exposure of the lesion.

Match each term with the correct phrase below. -Burr hole

Complex repair of intracranial arteriovenous malformation, supratentorial. CPT Code: ____________________

When reporting a craniectomy/craniotomy procedure, it is common that additional ____ is required.

Select the four glands represented in the Endocrine subsection.

Destruction of infraorbital nerve with neurolytic agent. CPT Code: ____________________

There are ____ glands in the endocrine system of the body.

This is the most commonly known neuroplastic procedure.

Match each term with the correct phrase below. -Craniectomy

The physician anesthetizes the vagus nerve. CPT Code: ____________________

Anesthetic injection of sphenopalatine ganglion. CPT Code: ____________________

The initials that indicate a shunting procedure are:

When reporting skull base surgery, select the three types of procedures the coder should report.