Hi Neurosurgery Coders
Ive been having a tough time understanding removal and reinsertion of instrumentation for arthrodesis.
If a DR. performs a L1-L5 instrumented fusion and removes the old instrumentation lets say at L1-L2 do i bill 22849 or 22842?
Another example would be removing instrumentation at C2-C5 and just adding C2-C4.
Please help!!
Alexis Cervera, CPC
Ive been having a tough time understanding removal and reinsertion of instrumentation for arthrodesis.
If a DR. performs a L1-L5 instrumented fusion and removes the old instrumentation lets say at L1-L2 do i bill 22849 or 22842?
Another example would be removing instrumentation at C2-C5 and just adding C2-C4.
Please help!!
Alexis Cervera, CPC
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