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CPT Knowledgebase - Feb 28, 2020
A surgeon dissects down to a previous spinal fusion, visualizes the fusion, and documents that there is a solid fusion with bone that has grown over the interspace and from pedicle to pedicle. The surgeon does not perform any instrumented procedures (ie, decorticate bone, adjust rods or screws). Is merely visualizing the fused area reported as a spinal exploration?
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