• 1 Brace yourself for coding consult alternative

• 2 Report only 1 craniotomy code, but add-ons might apply

• 3 Watch these 2 areas for critical care coding success

• 4 Location Isn't Always the Critical Care Answer

• 5 Reader Questions: Remember modifier for burr hole follow-up

• 6 Reader Questions: Check out bone excision for bony inion removal

• 7 Reader Questions: Payer might want more specific diagnosis

• 8 Reader Questions: Lesion size determines 'simple' or 'complex'

• 9 Reader Questions: Yes, you code neuroendoscopic biopsy

• 10 Reader Questions: Try 61597 for suboccipital craniectomy

• 11 Reader Questions: 64999 is only option for transnasal endoscopic resection

• 12 Reader Questions: 22899 or 64999 Could Apply to Hardware Pain Injection

• 13 You Be the Coder: Double Check Before Coding 724.4