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Use Unlisted Code for Pin Placement in SI Joint

Published on Fri Jan 28, 2011

Question: How do we report when the surgeon makes a 4 cm incision and then utilizes fluoroscopic guidance to advance several Steinmann pins into the SI joint? No other bone work performed.New JerseyAnswer: This would be reported with unlisted code 22899 (Unlisted procedure, spine).
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