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Ensure Underlying Cause for Kyphosis is Documented

Published on Thu Jul 12, 2018

Question: The neurosurgeon documented kyphosis in a patient who had undergone a laminectomy in the past. How should I report this diagnosis? Ohio Subscriber Answer: For kyphosis that develops as a sequence to laminectomy procedure, you should report M96.3 (Postlaminectomy kyphosis). Make sure you don’t mix up M96.3 with other kyphosis codes. For example, you would report M40.00 (Postural kyphosis, [...]
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