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Dec 6th, 2011 - swimberly
Ortho coding for back laminectomy with foraminectomy, no facetectomy.
We are having a coding discussion about how to code for a laminectomy with framinotomy without a facetectomy? How would this be coded? Would I be wrong in coding 63047 even though the physician did not document the facetectomy?