Finally, the physician will place an anterior plate with screws (22845) across the C5-C6 interspace to stabilize the area of fusion. Spinal procedures can be a coding challenge, but a coder’s ability ...

Anterior portion: A left-sided Smith-Robinson approach of the cervical spine was performed through a transverse incision down to the C5/6 and C6/7 disc spaces. A spinal needle was placed into the ...

Tomorrow morning I will be undergoing spinal fusion surgery of the C5/C6 C6/C7 vertebrae. The surgery is needed to prevent neck, shoulder & arm pain I’ve been experiencing.

According to the revised coding guidelines in the CPT manual the coder should not report reinsertion of a spinal fixation device but rather the insertion for new instrumentation to include all or part ...