Wiki Lumbar laminectomy

[todd5400]

Need your opinion please on a patient who has lumbar spinal stenosis. We did a lumbar laminectomy at L3, bilateral, complete. Subtotal L4 laminectomy, bilateral. L3-4 facetectomy bilateral. Foraminotomy of L3 and
L4 nerve roots bilaterally.

Would you code a 63047 and 63048 or would you only code 63047?

Thanks for your help!!

 

[BCrandall]

Take a look at 63030.

 

[RebeccaWoodward*]

Mary,

I tend to agree with you....63047/63048

"We did a lumbar laminectomy at L3, bilateral, complete. Subtotal L4 laminectomy, bilateral. L3-4 facetectomy bilateral. Foraminotomy of L3 and L4 nerve roots bilaterally."