• 1 Please click on the pdf to view this issue - content to follow.

• 2 The Difference Between Nerve Block and Destruction May Be Greater Than You Think

• 3 CERT Reveals Poor Neurosurgery Coding Results

• 4 Watch Out for Fee Reductions With Spinal Add-Ons

• 5 Watch for Co-Surgery on Anterior Arthrodesis

• 6 Reader Questions: Re-Exploration Period Begins After 90 Days

• 7 Reader Questions: Bone Biopsy Is Bundled to Kyphoplasty

• 8 Reader Questions: Limit 61558 to Once Per Session

• 9 Reader Questions: Tong Placement Is Incidental to Spinal Surgery

• 10 Reader Questions: Be Precise for Pain Dx

• 11 Reader Questions: ICD-9 Provides Dural Tear Dx

• 12 You Be the Coder: Which Code Best Describes Cyst Removal?