/_media/adv/web/images/2011/20111124_Arthrex_TB-378x82.jpg

Subscriptions

Advertising

Resources

About Us

Contact Us

Create An Account Forgot Your Password?
Trouble logging in or creating an account? click here
Home This Month E-Weekly Newsletter Building a Facility Article Archive Second Opinions
Search:
Benchmarking
General Surgery
Accrediting/Quality
Anesthesia
Code/Bill/Reimburse
Building/Renovating
/_media/adv/web/images/2011/20111003_Ansell_LB-154x100.gif
/_media/adv/web/images/2012/20120126_APIC_LB-154x100.jpg
/_media/adv/web/images/2011/20110124_ImageFirst_LB-154x100.gif
/_media/adv/web/images/2012/20120126_ASP_LB-154x100.gif
Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

Contact Congress Over Drug Shortage Issues

A Kentucky congressman is urging surgical facilities to contact their members of Congress and request that they sign his letter demanding changes to...

N.J. Posts ASC Inspection Reports Online

State and federal inspection reports of New Jersey's ASCs are now available online, giving patients an opportunity to make more informed choices abo...

Are Opioids Necessary?

While it's not always practical, or even possible, to eliminate opioids from your post-op pain management regiment, reducing their use in favor of n...

Archive > June, 2010 Vol. XI, No. 6

Coding & Billing

Spine Surgery Coding Simplified

Kim Pollock, RN, MBA, CPC

Spine surgery can be a complex, confusing specialty to code. Rather than selecting a single code that describes the whole operation, your coders must adopt an a la carte approach to coding spine cases. It's not uncommon for 5 different types of codes to be reported during a single spine operation. And depending on the extent of the surgery, there could be 10 or 12 CPT codes.

Sign in to continue reading.
Email Address:
Password:
Categories: Code/Bill/Reimburse, Spine/Neurosurgery
Keywords:
Additional; Anterior; Arthrodesis/fusion. Choose; Bone; CPT; Choose; Code; Coding Initiative Edits; Correct Coding Initiative Edits; Decompression/discectomy; Edits; HCPCS; However, Medicare's Correct Coding Initiative Edits; Initiative Edits; Instrument; Knowing; Medicare's; Medicare's Correct Coding Initiative Edits; Oftentimes; PEEK; Remember; Remind; Report; Spinal; Spine; Stand-alone; activity; add-on; additional; adopt; allograft; anterior; approach; atlantoaxial; attachment; attachments; autograft; based; biomechanical; bone; brand; cadaver; carte; case; categories; cervical; choose; co... show all keywords
Additional; Anterior; Arthrodesis/fusion. Choose; Bone; CPT; Choose; Code; Coding Initiative Edits; Correct Coding Initiative Edits; Decompression/discectomy; Edits; HCPCS; However, Medicare's Correct Coding Initiative Edits; Initiative Edits; Instrument; Knowing; Medicare's; Medicare's Correct Coding Initiative Edits; Oftentimes; PEEK; Remember; Remind; Report; Spinal; Spine; Stand-alone; activity; add-on; additional; adopt; allograft; anterior; approach; atlantoaxial; attachment; attachments; autograft; based; biomechanical; bone; brand; cadaver; carte; case; categories; cervical; choose; code; coders; codes; coding; common; confusing; correct; count; crest; crosses; crushed; decompression; decompression/discectomy; depending; describes; designated; determine; device; devices; dictate; discectomy; document; drives; dual; exposure; extent; facet; facility; fixation; fourth; fusion; general; graft; grafts; guide; harvested; harvesting; hooks; iliac; important; include; instrumentation; interbody; interspace; intervertebral; involved; junction; la; lamina; laminectomy; level; lumbar; make; microdiscectomy; microdissection; microscope; modifier; morselized; multiple; necessarily; non-segmental; number; operating; operative; outpatient; patient; payment; payors; pedicle; performed; physician; piece; placing; points; position; positioned; posterior; posterolateral; preclude; preparing; primary; principles; procedure; procedures; process; prone; provide; put; reflects; report; reported; represent; represented; represents; require; rod; rules; screw; segment; segmental; segments; selecting; separate; separately; sign; single; single-level; specialty; spinal; spine; spinous; stand-alone; state; statement; structural; sublaminar; subsequent; sumlaminar; supine; supply; surgeons; surgery; surgical; table; trade; transarticular; type; typically; uncommon; vertebra; vertebral; wedge; wiring; work

© Copyright Herrin Publishing Partners LP 2011. REPRODUCTION OF THIS COPYRIGHTED CONTENT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. We encourage LINKING to this content; view our linking policy here.

PRODUCT & SERVICE RESOURCES
Did You See This?
A showcase of products and services geared to make your facility better.

Architects' Showcase
Is a beautiful, efficient new facility in your future?
/_media/adv/web/images/2012/20120115_Olympus_AR-300x250.jpg
Other Articles That May Interest You
MedPAC to Recommend 0.5% Payment Update for ASCs in 2012
Panel also wants Congress to require cost and quality data reporting from ASCs.
Sutter Health Accused of Fraudulent Anesthesia Billings
Lawsuit joined by state of California claims health network reaped "hundreds of miliions of dollars" in fraudulent charges.
Malpractice Case Shows Need to Check Disc Level in Spine Surgery
"Sign, Mark, and X-ray" to verify vertebrae.