AMA CPT® Assistant - 2006 Issue 7 (July)

Surgery: Musculoskeletal System (July 2006)

July 2006 page 19b Surgery: Musculoskeletal System, 22899 (Q&A) Question What is the appropriate code to report for the X-STOP procedure performed for spinal stenosis? Is the partial facetectomy, in order to permit placement of the X-STOP, reported separately? AMA Comment CPT code 22899, Unlisted procedure, spine, should be reported for the X-STOP procedure. If the facetectomy is only to make room for the device and not to decompress the nerves, it would only involve a small amount of bone removal and would, therefore, not be separately reported. Surgery: Musculoskeletal System, 22899 (Q&A). CPT® Assistant. 2006; July...

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