• 1 Distinguish CSF Shunt Placement and Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomies for Proper Coding

• 2 Meet the Challenge of Workers Compensation Claims

• 3 HCFA Briefs: New Modifiers Introduced

• 4 HCFA Briefs: Medicare Carriers Instructed To Accept Pre-Op Clearance V Codes

• 5 Reader Question: Arthrodesis With Allograft

• 6 Reader Question: Add-On Codes Should Be Paid at Full Fee

• 7 Reader Question: Lumbar Fusion With Instrumentation

• 8 You Be the Coder: Pseudoarthrosis Removal