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Difficult Terminology in Op Notes

Published on Mon Dec 06, 2021

Question: Encounter notes indicate that the surgeon performed “DREZ laminectomy, thoracolum.” I don’t know what this term means, or how to code this procedure; could you help? Louisiana Subscriber Answer: You should check with the surgeon before coding if possible, but these notes seem to indicate that the surgeon performed a thoracolumbar laminectomy with myelotomy, which you’d report with 63170 [...]
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