Spine Surgery Coding - AAPC
Spine Surgery Coding Lynn M. Anderanin, CPC,CPC-I,COSC. 1. Spine Anatomy 7 cervical (neck) vertebrae, 12 thoracic (chest) vertebrae, 5 lumbar (back) vertebrae, and 5 fused vertebra that make up the sacrum 4 fused vertebra that make up the coccyx 2. 1. Good diagrams of the parts of a vertebra can be found at Services/ Spine -Center/Anatomy-of-the- 3. General Notes Approach Number of levels involved Appropriate use of modifiers Co- Surgery 4. 2. Approach Anterior Transoral Extraoral Thoracotomy Thoracolumbar Transperitoneal Retroperitoneal Posterior Transpedicular Posterolateral Costovertebral 5.
1 1 Spine Surgery Coding Lynn M. Anderanin, CPC,CPC-I,COSC 2 Spine Anatomy •7 cervical (neck) vertebrae, •12 thoracic (chest) vertebrae, •5 lumbar (back) vertebrae, and
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