CPT^® 63709, Under Repair Procedures on the Spine and Spinal Cord

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 63709 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Repair Procedures on the Spine and Spinal Cord.

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The provider repairs a pseudomeningocele or a tear in the dura that causes a cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF, leak and can lead to a serious infection. The dura is the tough outer membrane surrounding the central nervous system. This service may be necessary to repair a defect that occurs after spinal or intradural surgery, trauma, or a congenital abnormality.

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Foraminotomy stand alone procedure

[QUOTE="julyagroves, post: 410838, member: 361653"] [B]Reply from NASS[/B] We submitted this question and the NASS coding Committee recommended that we code a 63045 and 63048 because two nerve roots... [ Read More ]

Help with laminectomy/incidental durotomy coding

Hi! The repair of the dura would not be coded separately. In the NCCI Policy Manual, Chapter 8, section C.12, there is a good guideline to help with this scenario: [I]If a dural (cerebrospinal fluid) ... [ Read More ]

59 modifier - I have an orthopedic practice

I have an orthopedic practice and they used 63709, 63710 and 62351. Which one or do all require a 59 modifier? Incidentally, I think they should have used 63707 instead of 63709.... [ Read More ]

Overpayment Notification

I work for a physician who does his own coding. I audit each claim before submission and make corrections to his CPT and ICD-9 codes if necessary before submission. Most of the time he does a wonderfu... [ Read More ]

63710 dural graft help

I need advice from someone who has billed this code. My dr is wanting to bill 63710 for a DuraGen graft. Dural puncture done by another dr during an injection. Patient came to my dr for back pain, dr... [ Read More ]

Help with Pain Management - Can anyone tell me what the CPT

62350 Revision of intrathecal catheter 10140 Evacuation of seroma Codes such as 22010 or 22015 are more invasive procedure requiring open surgical approach. 63707 would also be open surgical approach... [ Read More ]

Laminectomy With Dural Repair Bundled

Typically, this is a bundled service... [B]9.[/B] If a dural (cerebrospinal fluid) leak occurs during a spinal procedure, repair of the dural leak is integral to the spinal procedure. CPT code 63707 ... [ Read More ]

question: post op dural leaks

Medicare has a Units of Practitioner Limit: 1 for 63709.... [ Read More ]

Coding Dura Tear during another procedure

Depending on the procedure and the severity, typically no. 9. If a dural (cerebrospinal fluid) leak occurs during a spinal procedure, repair of the dural leak is integral to the spinal procedure. CPT... [ Read More ]

Neurosurgery-Repair of CSF Leak w/ Lami

I quickly came across the CPT code 63709 for a repair of CSF leak requiring laminectomy, but just following there is a separate CPT code 63710 just titled Dual graft, spinal. The descriptions are alm... [ Read More ]

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