The coding guide is designed to help spine providers document the codes more quickly and accurately. The guide includes coding for common medical procedures for pain management, injections, radiology and electrodiagnostic procedures. The guide also includes coding for common surgical procedures performed for degenerative disease, deformity and fracture.
The new and revised coding scenarios include sacroplasty, ACDF, instrumentation and epidural injections.
Read the NASS release about coding updates for spine surgery.
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– NASS Release Scrutinizes NEJM’s Vertebroplasty Studies
– NASS, Others Comment on North Carolina BCBS Policy on Lumbar Spinal Fusion
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