AMA CPT® Assistant - 2022 Issue 3 (March)
Arthrodesis Decompression (22630, 22632-22634, 63052, 63053) (March 2022)
March 2022 pages 3-5 Arthrodesis Decompression (22630, 22632-22634, 63052, 63053) For the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2022 code set, two new add-on codes (63052, 63053) were established to report a laminectomy performed in conjunction with fusion of lumbar vertebrae. In addition, changes were made to codes for spine fusion procedures that describe posterior interbody fusion techniques (22633, 22634), and new parenthetical notes were added throughout the Musculoskeletal System and Nervous System sections for arthrodesis, posterior interbody technique with or without a combined posterolateral technique to provide instruction regarding the appropriate reporting of these procedures. New introductory guidelines for...
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