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Costotransversectomy Included in Transthoracic Corpectomy
Is a costotransversectomy included with non-tumor/lesion transthoracic corpectomies?
Modifier 80 vs. 82
What is the difference between modifier 80 and modifier 82 when a physician is acting as an assistant during surgery?
Documentation to Support Modifier 22
When performing spinal procedures, does documentation of obesity support the use of modifier 22?
Arthrodesis With Local Graft
What is the appropriate CPT code to report when local autograft is used and taken from the reamings and allograft is used for arthrodesis of the IP joint? Which CPT code is correct, 26862 or 26860?
Soft Tissue Tumors
My physician told me to use CPT code 21011 for an excision of a 1.2 cm cutaneous basal cell carcinoma on the scalp. Is this correct?
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