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Arthrodesis and Separate Decompression

Published on Sun Dec 01, 2002

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Question: Medicare refuses to pay 63047 and 22630 at the same time. If they are performed at different levels (e.g., L4/L5 and L5/S1), how should I code this? Tennessee Subscriber        
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