Patient has cervical spondylosis with myelopathy. The surgeon performed a bilateral posterior laminectomy with facetectomies at each level and foraminotomies performed between interspaces C5-C6 and C6-C7. Bilateral decompression of the nerve roots is achieved.
What CPT® coding is reported?
THE CODES ARE FOR CERVICAL LAMINECTOMY FO RDCOMPRESION OF THE SPINE CORD NERVE ROOTS SINGLE SEGMENT THE MODIFIER 50 INDICATES A BILATERAL PROCEDURE CODE 63043 IS USED FOR EACH ADDITIONAL SEGMENT AND SINCE THE PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED AT TWO ADDIONAL LEVELS C-5 C-6 AND C6- C-7 IT IS LISTED TWICE
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