AMA CPT® Assistant - 2018 Issue 5 (May)
Coding Correction: Reporting Codes 22633 and 63047 (May 2018)
May 2018 page 9 Coding Correction: Reporting Codes 22633 and 63047 In the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section (page 11) of the October 2016 issue of CPT® Assistant, the Surgery: Nervous System answer incorrectly stated that codes 22633, Arthrodesis, combined posterior or posterolateral technique with posterior interbody technique including laminectomy and/or discectomy sufficient to prepare interspace (other than for decompression), single interspace and segment; lumbar, and 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, may not be reported for...
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