AMA CPT® Assistant - 1996 Issue 3 (March)
Musculoskeletal, 22802, 22810 (Q&A) (March 1996)
March 1996 page 10a Coding Consultation Musculoskeletal, 22802, 22810 (Q&A) Question If a spinal deformity repair of seven vertebral segments requires arthrodesis by anterior and posterior approaches at the same operative session, may I report codes 22802 and 22810? AMA Comment Yes, you should use both the anterior arthrodesis code 22810 and the posterior arthrodesis code 22802 to report a spinal deformity repair that involves vertebral segments requiring both anterior and posterior arthrodesis. The last sentence in the explanatory note of the Spine Deformity (eg, Scoliosis, Kyphosis) subsection instructs the user to: Report only one spine deformity arthrodesis...
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