CPT® Assistant (March 2022): Brush Up on Arthrodesis Decompression Coding Skills


Spine procedures are the focus of the top article in the March 2022 CPT® Assistant. Laminectomy with lumbar vertebrae fusion examples will help you get a handle on codes added in 2022.

But that’s not all, of course. Search these codes and keywords in our Code Connect: CPT® Assistant add-on to find articles from Volume 32, Issue 3:

  • Arthrodesis decompression: 22612, 22614, 22630-22634, 63030- 63042, 63044, 63045, 63047-63053, 63056, 63057
  • Hypoglossal nerve stimulator: 0466T-0468T, 61885-61888, 64568, 64570-64584, 52
  • Immunology, 2022: 86231, 86255, 86258, 86364
  • Intraosseous basivertebral nerve destruction: 64628, 64629, 77003, 77012

The March issue also includes a Questions and Answers section covering these topics:

  • 3D-printed anatomic model, guide: 0559T-0562T
  • Biodegradable, bioresorbable, implant removal and reinsertion: 11983, 17999
  • Critical care, monitoring: 99291, 99292
  • Laser treatment, psoriasis, diagnosis: 96900, 96910-96913, 96920-96922
  • Medical physics dose evaluation, radiation exposure: 76145, 77336, 77370
  • Pacemaker, lead, bundle of His: 93280, 93799
  • Pathology consultation, time: 80503-80506
  • Periurethral balloon continence devices: 53451-53454
  • Removal, fallopian tubes, laparoscopic: 58661, 58670