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Wiki Revision Lumbar decompression

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Looking for guidance regarding coding 63042 vs 63048. Our spine surgeons are performing revision lumbar decompression and coding as 63042 and 63042,50. Our billing review team is advising that unless a revision discectomy is included, they cannot code as 63042 and they are updating code to 63048. The surgeons are interpreting the 63042 as "and/or revision discectomy included", justifying the use of 63042 when the revision discectomy is not performed. Any advice or guidance on this? Thank you
 
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