AMA CPT® Assistant - 1996 Issue 3 (March)

Part 2: Spinal Procedure Codes (March 1996)

March 1996 pages 4-7 Case-by-Case Part 2: Spinal Procedure Codes In the February 1996 issue of CPT Assistant we presented Part 1: A Review of the Spine Surgery Codes. Now, to help illustrate the use of the codes, we present the following case study that describes a surgical spinal intervention requiring both anterior and posterior approaches, and multiple spinal procedures performed on the same patient on the same day. One physician performed both the anterior and posterior approaches. The operative reports are listed separately. To show you the differences between coding in 1995 and 1996, on pages 6 and...

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