AMA CPT® Assistant - 2016 Issue 10 (October)
Surgery: Nervous System (Q&A) (October 2016)
October 2016 page 11b Surgery: Nervous System Question: The procedures described in code 63047 was performed for decompression, which was documented in the operative note. In addition, the procedure described in code 22633 was also performed at the same interspace. How should this be reported? Answer: Codes 63047 and 22633 cannot be reported for the same interspace. However, it is appropriate to report codes 63047, Laminectomy, facetectomy and foraminotomy (unilateral or bilateral with decompression of spinal cord, cauda equina and/or nerve root[s], [eg, spinal or lateral recess stenosis]), single vertebral segment; lumbar, and 22633, Arthrodesis, combined posterior or posterolateral...
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