20937

CPT^® 20937, Under General Grafts (or Implants) Procedures on the Musculoskeletal System

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 20937 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - General Grafts (or Implants) Procedures on the Musculoskeletal System.

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Summary

The provider uses an autograft, a type of donor bone, to fill in bony defects as she performs a spinal surgery procedure. She extracts the autograft from the patient’s own body during the surgical procedure, through a separate incision.

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Anterior cervical fusion

[QUOTE="Yamelis, post: 512832, member: 235217"] I would used 20931 to report the tricortical allograft. Below is some information from AAPC that can help you with spinal bone graft coding. [URL unfur... [ Read More ]

Anterior cervical fusion

I would used 20931 to report the tricortical allograft. Below is some information from AAPC that can help you with spinal bone graft coding. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.aapc.com/blog/27799-spinal... [ Read More ]

PLIF

When dealing with disk herniation 63030 is the appropriate code. However, since it was performed at L3-L4 it's considered inclusive to 22633 and it shouldn't be reported separately. Since there was an... [ Read More ]

63047 or 63030

Based on the information provided, if 63030 was performed at L3-L4 it's considered inclusive to 22633 and it shouldn't be reported separately. Since there was an interbody fusion you should report 228... [ Read More ]

Have I missed anything? Hemilaminectomy/Discectomy with pedicle screw placement

[QUOTE="jrclark1987@yahoo.com, post: 493375, member: 343518"] this is a TLIF (Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion) coded 22633 not 22630,63030.. The decompression is bundled into the 22633. 20937 ... [ Read More ]

Have I missed anything? Hemilaminectomy/Discectomy with pedicle screw placement

Where can I order this guidance book ? [QUOTE="jrclark1987@yahoo.com, post: 493375, member: 343518"] this is a TLIF (Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion) coded 22633 not 22630,63030.. The decompres... [ Read More ]

Have I missed anything? Hemilaminectomy/Discectomy with pedicle screw placement

this is a TLIF (Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion) coded 22633 not 22630,63030.. The decompression is bundled into the 22633. 20937 is only coded if dictation states "separate fascial incision" ... [ Read More ]

Have I missed anything? Hemilaminectomy/Discectomy with pedicle screw placement

This is exactly what the doctor has in the note (save for a spelling correction or two). Surgeon: Dr. S. 1st Assistant Surgeon: Dr. W. 2nd Assistant Surgeon: Dr. K. POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: L4-5 L... [ Read More ]

Cosurgery Question

A neurosurgeon in my office commonly does co-surgeries with another specialty office. During these co-surgeries the two co-surgeons surgeons work together on one primary procedure and then our neurosu... [ Read More ]

Surgery Coding Help

[QUOTE="sarab86, post: 423166, member: 238467"]1: you cant bill for removal of the interbody device. There is no code for that. You can try a modifier 22 on your primary fusion code and argue addition... [ Read More ]

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