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The Neurosurgery Coding Coach

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Kim Pollock	Teri Romano

February 4, 2010

Thoracic Discectomy

Question:

My question is this: My neurosurgeon did a thoracic partial hemilaminectomy and foraminotomy for a ruptured disc at T10-11. There are codes for cervical and lumbar discectomy (63020, 63030) but not thoracic. How should we code this?

Answer:

There is no code for this procedure so it would be appropriate to use an unlisted code, 64999.

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