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Wiki Bilateral Microdisc w/ Right Side Redo and Left Side New

Thread starter katic23
Start date Jan 22, 2014

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katic23

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Jan 22, 2014

Procedure description reads:

Redo Right L5-S1 Microdiscectomy
Left L5-S1 Microdiscectomy

How is this supposed to be coded w/ a redo (in the global) on one side and new procedural work on the left?

Dx. Recurrent disk herniation L5-S1 w/ S1 radic.

Thank you for any insight.

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