carol52
Expert
Hello, I have a laminectomy listed above : an incision was made over the space of L4-5 and the area was exposed. A decompressive laminectomy was carried out with high speed drill and Kerrison rongeurs.
The ligamentum flavum was slightly hypertrophied adding to stenosis it was excised in piecemeal fashion. Due to facet hypertrophy, medial facetectomy was carried out followed by medial foraminotomy. there was a largely calcified herniated disk that was
encountered, only a small amount of disk material was able to be excised due to calcification, the central disk was unable to be excised.
My question is with the disk not being able to be completely excised can I not code the 63030 with a reduced modifier ?
Thanks
Carol
The ligamentum flavum was slightly hypertrophied adding to stenosis it was excised in piecemeal fashion. Due to facet hypertrophy, medial facetectomy was carried out followed by medial foraminotomy. there was a largely calcified herniated disk that was
encountered, only a small amount of disk material was able to be excised due to calcification, the central disk was unable to be excised.
My question is with the disk not being able to be completely excised can I not code the 63030 with a reduced modifier ?
Thanks
Carol