CPT Knowledgebase - Jan 29, 2015

A physician performs an anterior cervical discectomy with decompression and fusion and places a peek cage with morselized bone graft material within the center of the cage, instead of placing a structural bone allograft. The physician then places an anterior plate that is screwed into the vertebral bodies but the plate is separate and not attached to the intervertebral device. Should codes 22551, 22845, and 22851 be reported for this procedure?

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