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Transpedicular approach with decompression 63056

We have an Interventional Radiology group who had a salesman come in and tell them they could make "major money" performing CPT 63056 in their office. From what I can find, this "open spine surgery" procedure doesn’t appear to be allowed in the office setting. In addition, I am finding many payers who consider this service "investigational". Description reads:

Is this service allowed in the office setting? Is it allowed to be performed by an Interventional Radiologist in the first place? What kind of payers do cover this service? Any information related to this service will be most appreciated.

Thank you!

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Approach A Medical Malpractice Lawyer New York

When you are going to New York for your treatment then you need to be careful because these days there are various acts occur of medical malpractice every day. All the mistakes committed by doctors can not come under the heading of medical malpractice so to know the exact situation you must hire the services of a medical malpractice lawyer New York. There are various law firms where a large number of lawyers are engaged but you should not trust them just like that only as it is quite a serious matter to handle the complexities of such issues. Committing an act of medical malpractice is a black spot on the reputation of doctors because when they fails to treat the patient properly then nobody would want to approach them ever in life. To prove their negligence in court you must consult a medical malpractice lawyer New York because he is the only professional who can represent the case on behalf of victim. He can help you in filing appropriate claim against liable person.

Before reading this article you might have come across many people in past who were undergoing from the sufferings and pain of medical malpractice acts but you were unknown to your rights and have ignored those people by assuming that it can not happen to you or your family member. It is totally wrong because any one can become the victim to it anywhere so in future you must advice all the victims to hire the services of a medical malpractice lawyer New York. It is quite a complicated task to choose a lawyer for your case so you must fix an appointment with him in order to note his reactions and the status of your case in his point of view so that you can be familiar with his talent. While discussing your case with the medical malpractice lawyer New York you must check out his credentials in order to know about his career maintained so far. An efficient lawyer would always discuss everything in detail with client and after that he would ask for the written proofs involved in the whole treatment procedure.

If you have kept written prescriptions of doctor and other documents then you can easily turn the case in your favor without much botheration. A medical malpractice lawyer New York should be experienced enough to understand the seriousness of your case and to sort out all the matter in a very short time. In such cases most of the doctors and patients try to stay out of the long proceedings of court and settle their matter out of court by receiving a handsome amount of money from doctors. Doctors usually pay this amount easily because their reputation is very important for running their professional career properly in future as if the patients come to know about the wrongdoing of medical professional then they would never like to consult him again.

So, a conclusion can be drawn from the above information that you can not fight legally against medical professionals without hiring a medical malpractice lawyer New York.

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Can anyone assist me in how I might code my ear, nose and throat doctor for assisting in opening for a spine surgery Multi-level approach to the anterior cervical spine for diskectomy and fusion. 3 levels total, levels 4-5, 5-6 and 6-7. Thanks.

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The surgery scenario in this article does not support the billing of the corpectomy code 63081. Primarily because the operative report does not meet the definition of 63081:

[INDENT]Operative Report states: "a partial C5 corpectomy (30-40 percent) was performed , as the disk fragments had migrated inferiorly behind the C5 body, to safely retrieve the fragments to ensure that all the disk fragments were removed."

[INDENT]63081 CPT code Description: "Vertebral corpectomy (vertebral body resection), partial or complete, anterior approach with decompression of spinal cord and/or nerve roots; cervical single segment"

According to CPT Assistant, April 2016; Volume 26, Issue 4, a cervical spine requires 50% of the vertebral body removed and the thoracic and lumbar requires at least 30% of the vertebral body removed. A copy of this CPT Assistant response is attached, along with an article on insertion of biomechanical devices.

Corpectomy surgery is a high risk procedure because the bone that surrounds the patient’s spinal cord for protection is being removed either partially or completely. Taking out the vertebral body to remove disk fragments seems to be an extreme measure; especially for a herniated disk and no other medical necessity information documented. Arthritis, cervical spine stenosis are typical types of reasons a corpectomy is done.

I just wanted to point this out because of risk to patients. If I am wrong, please speak up. Thanks for reading.

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