Per CPT Assistant guidance, the 22851 code for cages is only to be billed once per spinal interspace area. Thus, if the physician inserts two cages at level L3-4 and one cage at level L4-5, bill the ...
From clinical outcomes to costs, here are the key discoveries in spine surgery this year: 1. A study from Plano-based Texas Back Institute found positive clinical results for patients having hybrid ...
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, November 11, 2022, spine surgeon Jeffrey R. Carlson, MD, of Orthopaedic & Spine Center, performed the first implant of the Align Peek T/PLIF ...
In the past couple of years there have been numerous changes made to the code sets for reporting arthrodesis techniques, instrumentation and bone grafts versus biomechanical devices so let’s review ...
A collaboration between civil engineering and neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh could reshape spinal fusion surgery. Associate Professors Amir Alavi, Nitin Agarwal, and D. Kojo Hamilton ...