SpineLine Coding Q & A Archives

The following articles appeared in SpineLine, the clinical & news magazine of the North American Spine Society. They were written by members of the NASS Coding Committees and are provided here as a resource to spine specialists, administrators and managers. 

2007

• Moderate Sedation   
• How Much Bone Resection is Necessary to Code for a Corpectomy?   
• New CPT/Fluoroscopy Codes for Injection Procedures   
• Coding Help is a Mouse Click Away 
• Spinal Facet Joint Injections and Nerve Blocks 
• Coding for Anterior Lumbar Interbody Arthrodesis and Instrumentation 

2006

• Coding a Burst Fracture   
• Lateral Extracavitary Codes   
• Sacroiliac Joint Injection   
• Coding XLIF   
• Coding XLIF   
• New CPT Codes for Percutaneous Intradiscal Electrothermal Annuloplasty   

2005

• New Code for Lateral Extracavitary Technique   
• What is the Correct Code for Laminoplasty?   
• Coding for Contrast Agents   
• Cervical Reconstruction Coding   
• What is the Correct Code for Disc Arthroplasty?   
  
• Coding Lumbar Fusion Procedures   

2004

• New Code for Lateral Extracavitary Technique   
• Evaluation and Management Service on the Same Day as a Procedure   
• Clarifying Fluoroscopic Guidance Codes 76003 and 76005   
• Relief in Sight for 76005 Denials?   
• Coding Paravertebral Facet Joint Nerve Destruction by Neurolytic Agent   
• Clarifying Code 22851   

2003

• CPT Coding Changes for 2003    
• Consultation vs Referral: Are You Still Questioning Which is Appropriate? 
• NASS National Advocacy on Coding and Reimbursement Issues   
• Coding Cervical/Thoracic Anterior Procedures   
• Coding Kyphoplasty   
• Coding Anterior Cervical Procedures   

2002

• Coding for a Physician Assistant   
• New Trigger Point Code Introduced; Same-Day vs Two-day Operative Coding; Using the Group Procedure Code   
• Cervical Fracture Coding Scenario; Trigger Point Code Clarification   
• Modifiers 
• Appropriate Use of Modifiers, in Particular, Modifier -25   
• NASS CPT Assistant Coding Consultation Q&A   

2001

• Coding for a Physician Assistant   
• Modifier Recommended when Coding Lumbar Laminectomy and
  Lumbar Arthrodesis   
• Cervical Facet Joint Injection   
• Anterior/Posterior Interbody Technique Reporting Surgery
  Musckuloskeletal System   
• Medicare Bundles Codes; Coding Cosurgeon Procedures   
• AMA CPT Code Changes for 2002  

2000

• Discography Supervision & Interpretation Change in Ruling 
• Is Exploration of a Spinal Fusion (22830) Included in Arthrodesis (22612)