The 2026 CPT code set includes several additions and updates for spine procedures. Here are seven developments to know, according to the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery: 1.

CMS finalized the fiscal year (FY) 2023 inpatient procedure code set along with accompanying guidelines. The FY 2023 ICD-10-PCS procedure code set and the ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and ...

• Sequence CPT codes on claims from highest to lowest RVUs for those other payors with which your facility is contracted who do not go by payment groupers or with whom your facility does not have a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The AMA released its 2023 CPT code set, which goes into effect Jan. 1, 2023. The changes include 225 new codes, ...

One physician is making the case that prior authorization for procedures should be reported to insurance plans as a CPT code—though that proposal has been withdrawn for now. Alex Shteynshlyuger, M.D., ...

Criteria used by payers to determine how to code and support the use of various genomic profiling assays used in oncology. Bruce Feinberg, DO: Before we get to billing, whether it was 50, 150, or 500 ...