• 1 Let Vocabulary Be Your Guide When Selecting Among Spinal Codes

• 2 Search for Key Words in the Operative Report When Selecting Spinal Codes

• 3 A Spoonful of NCCI Makes the Medicine (Payments) Go Down

• 4 Global Periods, Part 3: Apply Modifiers for Staged Procedures,IncompleteCare

• 5 Reader Question: Choose the E/M Guidelines That Suit You Best

• 6 Reader Question: Prolonged Services OK for Unresponsive Patient

• 7 You Be the Coder: Which Modifier Is Best for PAs in Surgery?