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Can You Separately Report ID Repair During Spine Surgery?

Published on Thu Mar 13, 2025

Question: Our orthopedic spine surgeon performed an extensive spine procedure. Due to a complication, a neurosurgeon was asked to come in and perform an incidental durotomy (ID). The neurosurgeon performed only the durotomy and scrubbed out. The spine surgeon continued with the rest of the spine procedure. The orthopedic spine surgeon is requesting that the neurosurgeon be the primary provider [...]
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