The letter, sent Jan. 31, comments on coding edit bundles for laminectomy codes with fusion codes; additional level posterior/posterolateral fusion codes; and vertebral corpectomy codes with lumbar fusion codes.
When the edits are implemented, surgeons will only receive reimbursement for the primary procedure; Anthem BCBS won’t reimburse for the bundled procedure any longer. ISASS opposes the change.
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