CPT^® 63082, Under Anterior or Anterolateral Approach for Extradural Exploration/Decompression Procedures on the Spine and Spinal Cord

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 63082 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Anterior or Anterolateral Approach for Extradural Exploration/Decompression Procedures on the Spine and Spinal Cord.

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The provider excises (removes) part or all of a cervical vertebra via a frontal (anterior) approach and decompresses the spinal cord and/or nerve roots at an additional level in the neck after the first excision.

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CPT Code 22854

The 2 codes you reference are add-on codes. Check to see if the 22854 can be used with the primary code. That is what you are interested in. For instance 22854 & 63082 are add on codes for 63081 so a... [ Read More ]

CPT Code 22854

Why isn't CPT code 22854 an add on code to CPT codes 63082 and 22585? When looking under CPT code 22854 in the CPT book - it does not say to use in conjunction with 63082 and 22585.... [ Read More ]

HELP? would you code the63082 & 63075?

codes I went with 63081, 69990-59, 22554-51, 22845,22851 x2,22585x2 63082. the provider is question 63075 C3/4 in addition to the 2nd corpectomy C4. is this going to fall into a bundling edit?? :confu... [ Read More ]

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion C4-C5, C5-C6, C6-C7

[b]desperate for info on substantiating 63081/63082[/b] [QUOTE="penguins11, post: 181266, member: 20442"]I wouldnt code a corpectomy. [B][U][B] You have to document that 1/2 of the vertebral body was... [ Read More ]

Corpectomy Help -Anterior cervical decompression

Hi, As per AANS (American Association of Neurosurgeons) 63081 is eligible to get paid if corpectomy is done on >50% of the body of the vertebra. Please review the below link for further information. ... [ Read More ]

Corpectomy question

[QUOTE]gingersnap29 Networker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Kalamazoo Koders Posts: 61 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The corpectomy code... [ Read More ]

Corpectomy question

If the surgeon removed the inferior portion of C4 and the superior portion of C5 would you code that as 63081/63082 for C4, C5 or would you code it as 63081 C4-5?... [ Read More ]

22551 vs 22554

[QUOTE="theso13, post: 265320, member: 18829"]If physician performs corpectomy of more than 50% of vertebral body at C6, discectomy c5-6 and anterior fusion C5-6 - how would that procedure be coded? ... [ Read More ]

Anterior open treatment/reduction

A lot of times, they do a corpectomy when they have to treat an anterior fracture. If he did a corpectomy, look at the corpectomy codes, (63081, 63082). If he did not do a corpectomy you may have to... [ Read More ]

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