AMA CPT® Assistant - 2024 Issue 1 (January)
Reporting Vertebral Body Tethering (22836-22838) (January 2024)
January 2024 page 26 Reporting Vertebral Body Tethering (22836-22838) For the CPT 2024 code set, three new codes (22836-22838) were added to the Musculoskeletal System subsection of the Surgery section to describe anterior thoracic vertebral body tethering (VBT). New guidelines and parenthetical notes were also added to instruct users of the appropriate code(s) to report thoracic VBT. This article provides an overview of the new codes and their intended use. Spine (Vertebral Column) Spinal Instrumentation Codes 22836, 22837, 22838 describe anterior thoracic vertebral body tethering, which corrects scoliosis without fusion using a tether (cord) to compress the vertebral growth...
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