AMA publishes CPT code for spine to cover bone-anchored annular closure device placement after lumbar discectomy, improving coding accuracy.

The acceptance establishes Category III CPT® codes X505T–X510T, creating a dedicated mechanism for providers to report autologous heterogeneous skin construct graft procedures in the clinical use of ...

Add-on code 0172T is used for the insertion of posterior spinous process distraction device (including necessary removal of bone or ligament for insertion and imaging guidance), lumbar; each ...

Intrinsic Therapeutics, Inc., the makers of the Barricaid® Annular Closure Device, announced today that the American Medical ...

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Often, a physician will decide to perform a subchondroplasty during arthroscopic joint surgery to treat subchondral bone defects (microfractures). A version of this article was first published April 1 ...

Abeona Therapeutics (ABEO) announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has established a permanent Healthcare Common Procedure ...

Bruce Feinberg, DO: Before we get to billing, whether it was 50, 150, or 500 genes, if the costs were the same, are there other issues with the number tested from a payer perspective? Eugean Jiwanmall ...

Clinical coding is a process by which descriptions of diseases, injuries or procedures are assigned a numeric or alphanumeric designation. Coding provides a mechanism for standardizing the recording ...