Transcription of Spine Surgery Coding - AAPC
{{id}} {{{paragraph}}}
Example: air traffic controller
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.
5 9 Modifier 62 - Co-Surgery •CPT® guidelines for use in spine surgery –Not used on bone grafting –Not used on instrumentation •Medicare has different guidelines •Reimbursement varies by …
Loading..
Tags:
Information
Domain:
Source:
Link to this page:
Please notify us if you found a problem with this document:
Related search queries
CPT: Surgery Coding Guidelines, SURGERY, Coding, Guidelines, Coding Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, SPECIALTY ALERTS CodingInstitute, Surgery Coding, Coding for Current Concepts in Glaucoma Surgery, What’s New in CPT 2010, Current Procedural Terminology, And Problematic Coding and Reimbursement Issues, Introduction to CPT