Margie??? spine coders??? please help 3rd request

am having a hard time with the codes for the below procedure please help! PSF T10 to Iliac ped screw instrumentation T10-L2 and sacral to illiac wings post decompression L2-sacrum smith peterson osteotomy l2-l3 this was a cosurgery thanks so much in advance

Margie?? Spine coders?? Where to go for help

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You can consult your specialty society, and look for help there.

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approach?

What type of approach was this? Posterior or Anterior?

Can you provide a little more detail about the note? In particular what portion of the procedure your doctor performed. The CPT is very detailed and clear in it's guidelines for billing these procedures and what codes can and can not be billed with modifier 62.

Send over what you can and in the meantime check out the guidelines in your CPT before code 22840.

Tara Conklin, CPC
Coding Analyst
CodeRyte, Inc