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Author Question: Patient suffers from L5/S1 herniated disc. Physician performed left L5/S1 semihemilaminectomy, ... (Read 79 times)

javeds

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on: Jun 27, 2018
Patient suffers from L5/S1 herniated disc. Physician performed left L5/S1 semihemilaminectomy, medial facetectomy, and proximal foraminotomy. Physician also performed a discectomy. He used an intraoperative microscope for the entire procedure. Assign the ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes and CPT procedure codes.

Question 2

The ___________________ ___________ was created by CMS and is used to prevent unbundling of CPT codes.
 Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


Toya9913

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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

M51.26, 63030, 69990

Answer to Question 2

NCCI


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