Lynn Anderanin CPC, CPMA, CPPM, CPC-I, COSC, senior director of coding education at Healthcare Information Services, shares common decompressive procedures and CPT codes used to report them. A version ...

CPT codes for spine surgery may not always fit circumstances, and in some cases this prompts calls for reforms. One of those codes, CPT 62380 has the attention of some spine surgeons. The code, for ...

There are significant changes to the Current Procedural Terminology codes for orthopedic and spine surgeons in 2011, according to an article in AAOS Now. The information provided should be utilized ...

Coding for lumbar spinal fusion procedures in ASCs or outpatient centers is much different than coding for spinal fusion in the inpatient setting, according to the American Academy of Professional ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . New devices for spine fixation and instrumentation seem to appear every day. Integrating these new devices into ...