CPT Knowledgebase - Apr 12, 2016

Does the removal of 25% of the vertebral body of C4 and 25% of the vertebral body of C5 meet the 50% threshold required to report CPT code 63081, Vertebral corpectomy (vertebral body resection), partial or complete, anterior approach with decompression of spinal cord and/or nerve root(s); cervical, single segment?

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