AMA CPT® Assistant - 2017 Issue 3 (March)
Reporting Insertion of Spinal Biomechanical Device(s) (March 2017)
March 2017 pages 7-9 Reporting Insertion of Spinal Biomechanical Device(s) The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 22851, Application of intervertebral biomechanical devices(s) (eg, synthetic cage(s), methylmethacrylate) to vertebral defect or interspace (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure) was identified by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in the July 1, 2008, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) on a list of fastest growing procedures. The CMS also expressed concern about inappropriate use of the anterior instrumentation code for devices with integral fixation. The stakeholder societies believed...
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