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SPINAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES
PROCEDURES INVOLVING NEURAL ELEMENTS
                                                                                                           Asst         Surg          Anae
    Sympathectomy - unilateral
# N542 - cervical ...............................................................................            6          357.00           6
# N543 - cervico-dorsal .....................................................................                10         586.50          10
# N544        - thoracic approach...............................................................              9         433.50          13
# N545        - lumbar ................................................................................       6         295.80           6
# N557 Syringo-subarachnoid shunt................................................... 8 1224.00 12
# N558 Syringopleural/syringoperitoneal shunt...................................     9 1428.00 13
# E383    - acute spinal cord injury premium, to N557 or N558... add                    255.00
      Note:
      N557, N558 are not eligible for payment when rendered with any decompressive service.
# N562 Intradural neurolysis of unusual lesions e.g. diastematomyelia,
          tethered conus, intramedullary haematoma, etc. including
          laminectomy .......................................................................                 8        1224.00          12
# E361    - each additional level decompressed including disc
            excision - unilateral or bilateral, to N562.................... add                                         260.80
# E383    - acute spinal cord injury premium, to N562................ add                                               255.00
# E382    - spinal duroplasty using autologous/allogenic/synthetic
            tissue, to N562 ........................................................... add                             244.80
         Note:
         N562 is not eligible for payment when rendered with any other decompressive codes except
         additional levels (E361).
# N577 Intradural rhizotomy anterior/posterior (uni/bilateral) - any
          number of roots ..................................................................                  8        1276.65          10
# N578 Dorsal root entry zone lesions for pain relief – any number of
          levels ..................................................................................           8        1020.00          10
         Note:
         N577, N578 are not eligible for payment when rendered with any service in the Spinal Surgical
         Procedures section.

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