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ICD-10-CM Code for Fusion of spine, occipito-atlanto-axial region M43.21

ICD-10 code M43.21 for Fusion of spine, occipito-atlanto-axial region is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Dorsopathies .

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Fusion of spine, occipito-atlanto-axial region

M43.2

Excludes1: ankylosing spondylitis (M45.0-)
congenital fusion of spine (Q76.4)

Excludes2: arthrodesis status (Z98.1)
pseudoarthrosis after fusion or arthrodesis (M96.0)

M43

Excludes1: congenital spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis (Q76.2)
hemivertebra (Q76.3-Q76.4)
Klippel-Feil syndrome (Q76.1)
lumbarization and sacralization (Q76.4)
platyspondylisis (Q76.4)
spina bifida occulta (Q76.0)
spinal curvature in osteoporosis (M80.-)
spinal curvature in Paget's disease of bone [osteitis deformans] (M88.-)

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Perhaps he is talking about spondylolisthesis, when there is forward or anterior displacement of the vertebrae, which would be the M43...codes? My doctors diagnosed that all the time.... [ Read More ]
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Please review ICD-10 S33.140A or M43.5X6 to see if either of these codes fit what's documented in your op report.... [ Read More ]
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This is how I would bill this. DX:M48.061, M43.16 22633-22 22634 63012-59 22842 22853x2 20930 20936 You can only bill modifier 22 on your primary procedure code. 63012 has no additional level cod... [ Read More ]
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I'm not that familiar with spinal procedure and would really appreciate some feedback on this procedure. Coded: 22633-22; 63012-59; 63012-59; +22840-59; 22634-22,59; 20936-59; 20930-59; 76000-26 Dx: ... [ Read More ]
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