Neurosurgery Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Discern When to Report Discographies
Published on Mon Jun 27, 2011
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Neurosurgery Coding Alert
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Report Co-surgeries to Capture Deserved Payment
Procedure, modifier and documents determine your paymentIt's common in neurosurgery to encounter procedures where another [...] - You Be the Coder:
Code the Interspinous Spacers
Question: How does one report the placement of interspinous spacer during a posterior arthrodesis? A [...] - Reader Question:
Discern When to Report Discographies
Question: Can 62290 and 62287 be reported for the same level?Alaska SubscriberAnswer: Code 62287 (Decompression [...] - Reader Question:
Keep a Count on Cranial Nerves
Question: During an E/M when the neurosurgeon used the 97 exam, is it fine to [...] - Reader Question:
Read the Approach for Corpectomy
Question: Is it appropriate to report 64999 when the surgeon does T1 and T2 corpectomies [...] - Reader Question:
Learn What to Report in Spinal Fusion
Question: When bone chips are used to fill the intervertebral space, do we need to [...] - Reader Question:
Never Miss the Hardware in Fluoroscopy
Question: How does one report for the injections around the hardware with fluoroscopy? Our surgeon [...]
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