Wiki posterolateral fusion & interbody graft

[tss07]

Can someone please provide guidelines on how to bill this? Is 22633 a good code to use. Thanks.

 

[ajb1986]

Depends. Fusions are tricky because you have to know the level(s) and what procedures were done on each level. Including if any hardware was placed. Or if the patient had a previous fusion and they inspected and/or removed hardware. The graft also depends on what your are using for the graft. (20930-20938). 22600, 22610, 22612 may be where you want to start for the fusion, and then each level would be 22614. All those are billable if the operative report proves it. Hopefully thats a good start.