N500

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SPINAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES
 ANTERIOR SPINAL DECOMPRESSION
                                                                                                      Asst    Surg     Anae
    All levels
# E383     - acute spinal cord injury premium ............................... add                             255.00
# E382     - spinal duroplasty using autologous/allogenic/synthetic
             tissue.......................................................................... add             244.80
    Cervical
# N500 Disc excision (one level) .........................................................            10     1097.90    10
# N501 Vertebrectomy (removal of vertebral body and excision of
          adjacent discs) ...................................................................          11    1267.15    11
# E360    - each additional level decompression, to N500 or N501
            ................................................................................... add           306.00
# N569 Anterior cervical decompression by intra-oral approach......... 15      1442.95       15
     Note:
     No other anterior cervical decompression codes (i.e. N500, N501, E360) are eligible for
     payment when rendered with anterior cervical decompression by intra-oral approach (N569).

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Note:
         1.The repeat decompression premium (E373) only applies to the major “N” prefix
           decompressive procedure (N500, N501, N502, N503, N504, N505, N506, N507, N508,
           N579, N509, N510, N511, N512).
         2.The repeat fusion premium (E375) only applies to the major fusion “E” or “N” prefix codes
           (E363, E365, E367, N516, N517, N518, N559, N580, E369, E384, E370, N528, N513, N519,
           N514, N581, N532, N515, N582).

Master, record 3850. Record Layout PDF, page 1.

N50020260401999999990001097900000001291000000000000000000159600000001596000

Auxiliary master fields are preserved as raw scaled values. The linked layout calls them zero-filled, but this edition contains non-zero values. They are not presented as final dollar fees or PDF units.