NEW! - AMA CPT Advanced Coding Pack

×

Unlock the full potential of your medical coding capabilities with the CPT® Advanced Coding Pack from the American Medical Association (AMA). Designed for professional medical coders, auditors, and billers like you, this comprehensive suite of resources provides everything you need to navigate the complexities of the CPT code set with confidence and precision.

 

Advanced Coding Pack includes:

1. CPT Assistant - Newsletter with official education and guidance
2. CPT Knowledge Base - Commonly asked coding questions answered by the experts
3. CPT Vignettes - Comprehensive clinical examples.

Add to your Find-A-Code subscription for $300 / person

Learn More and Subscribe

close

AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2013 Issue 1; Ask the Editor - ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding Questions

Spinal Fusion of Thoracic and Lumbar Vertebrae

A patient is diagnosed with T10 chronic burst fracture with subsequent kyphotic collapse resulting in myelopathy and severe myelopathy secondary to spinal cord injury. The procedure is listed as T9, T10, T11 laminectomy, facetectomy, foraminotomy. A transpedicular approach to the T10 vertebral body was used for spinal cord decompression. Instrumentation with pedicle screw and rod construct was placed from T6, T7, T8, T9, T11, T12, L1 and L2. Posterior arthrodesis of T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12, L1 and L2 was performed with use of local autograft and allograft. Provider documentation in the body of the operative report indicates arthrodesis, placement of all of the local autograft, as well as crushed cancellous allograft and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP). What are the correct ICD-10-PCS codes for the number of interspaces fused? ...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS .

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.