AMA CPT® Assistant - 2004 Issue 11 (November)

Coding Clarifications (November 2004)

November 2004 page 11-end Coding Clarification:Coding Clarifications Spinal Instrumentation Code Range Articles within the CPT Assistant February 1996 issue, “A Review of the Spine Surgery codes: Part 1,” and the September 1997 issue, “How to Code Prosthetic Devices,” each contain an error regarding the range of spinal instrumentation modifier 51, Multiple procedures, and exempt codes 22840-22855. The correct range of codes is 22840-22848 and 22851, which is also stated in the Principles of CPT Coding, Third Edition. The spinal instrumentation codes 22849, 22850, 22852, and 22855 are not designated as modifier 51 exempt; therefore, when...

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