Neurosurgery Coding Alert
Use New Code for Functional Brain Mapping
Question: The neurosurgeon performs functional brain mapping on a patient. How should I report the encounter? Answer: Your neurosurgeon may use functional brain mapping to help predict the potential for neurological problems that tumor growths, surgical interventions or other factors might cause. In 2007, CPT introduced 96020 (Neurofunctional testing selection and administration during noninvasive imaging functional brain mapping, with test administered entirely by a physician or psychologist, with review of test results and report) to report functional brain mapping. -- Answers to You be the Coder and Reader Questions were reviewed by Gregory Przybylski, MD, director of neurosurgery at the New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, JFK Medical Center in Edison, N.J.
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Neurosurgery Coding Alert
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Question: When the neurosurgeon performs a bilateral laminotomy, can we apply modifier 50 to the [...] - Reader Questions:
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Question: What is an -open-door- laminoplasty, and how should I code this procedure?
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Use New Code for Functional Brain Mapping
Question: The neurosurgeon performs functional brain mapping on a patient. How should I report the [...]
