AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2022 Issue 2; Ask the Editor

Correction

CorrectionIn the Third Quarter 2021 Issue of Coding Clinic for HCPCS, pages 9-10, the published advice indicated the correct codes for decompression of the thecal sac and nerve roots at L2, L3 and L4 via both a posterior and transpedicular approach for a patient with spinal stenosis are CPT code 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 code 63048, Laminectomy, facetectomy and foraminotomy (unilateral or bilateral with decompression of spinal cord, cauda equina and/or nerve root[s], [eg...

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