The patient was brought into the general operating theater. Following the induction of general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation, the patient was placed supine, the head was placed in a doughnut. The scalp was clipped, prepped, and draped. We made a linear incision over the temporoparietal area; we got down to the temporalis muscle. It was quite contused, with injuries and cuts. We dissected off the skull, exposing the comminuted complex depressed skull fracture, circumferentially exposed this fracture, and then elevated the fracture elements. As we elevated, we could see there was significant penetration of the dura, a laceration of the dura, and a laceration of the cortex, as well as some cortical vessels. These vessels were coagulated where necessary. Any associated intracerebral hematoma was removed, and any bleeding points were coagulated. We completely elevated all the indriven bone and confirmed hemostasis. We reapproximated the dura with 4- 0 Nurolon. We did use a little blue glue to assist in the dural closure, and then we took our bone pieces that we had elevated and arranged them in an appropriate fashion. We used a large mesh covering up the depressed fracture as well as getting onto the normal bone and then we used a screw around the mesh to hold it in and then inserted screws through the mesh to the bone to hold the fragmented bone in place. We confirmed hemostasis, and then we closed. The temporalis muscle was approximated as we could with 2- 0 Vicryl, the galea with inverted interrupted 2- 0 Vicryl, and the skin edge with staples. Following this procedure, all instrument, sponge, needle, and patty counts were correct. What is the ICD-10-PCS code (s)?
[Answered]: The patient was brought into the general…
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