@MyStylishStyloid - Don’t despair. There is no ICD-9 code for ES specifically but surgeons “in the know” bill it as a craniectomy. Please let your doctor know so he can put you back on his schedule.
@Rlr286 posted this info a few days ago. It would also be worth giving your doctor this information:
I will say I’m a bit concerned that your surgeon isn’t very experienced w/ styloidectomies if he doesn’t know the billing code for them. Please make him promise to cut your styloids back as close to the skull base as possible & remove your stylohyoid ligaments if they are also calcified. Just shortening them back to normal length is often not enough to resolve symptoms.