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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Orthop Nurs. 2016 Jul-Aug;35(4):214–221. doi: 10.1097/NOR.0000000000000258

Table 1. CPT Codes for spinal surgical procedures.

CPT Code Description
20930-31 Allograft for spine surgery only, morselized; structural
20936-38 Autograft for spine surgery only, local; morselized; structural
225-48;58;85 Arthrodesis- anterior transoral or extraoral technique; anterior interbody technique, including minimal discectomy, lumbar; anterior approach, lumbar, each additional interspace
226-12,14,30,32 Arthrodesis- posterior or posterolateral technique, lumbar; posterior or posterolateral technique, each additional vertebral segment; posterior interbody technique, lumbar; posterior interbody technique, each additional interspace
22830 Exploration of spinal fusion
22840 Posterior non-segmental instrumentation
22841 Internal spinal fixation by wiring of spinous processes
22842-44 Posterior segmental instrumentation- 3-6 vertebral segments; 7-12 vertebral segments; 13+ vertebral segments
22845-47 Anterior instrumentation, 2-3 vertebral segments; 4-7 vertebral segments; 8+ vertebral segments
22849 Reinsertion of spinal fixation device
22850 Removal of posterior nonsegmental instrumentation
22851 Application of intervertebral biomechanical device
22852;55 Removal of posterior segmental instrumentation; anterior instrumentation
63005;011 Laminectomy with exploration and/or decompression, 1-2 vertebral segments, lumbar; sacral
63012 Laminectomy with removal of abnormal facets with decompression, lumbar
63017 Laminectomy with exploration and/or decompression, >2 vetebral segments, lumbar
63030;35 Laminotomy (hemilaminectomy) with decompression, 1 interspace, lumbar; each additional interspace, cervial or lumbar
63042;44 Laminotomy (hemilaminectomy) with decompression, reexploration, 1 interspace, lumbar; each additional lumbar interspace
63047,48 Laminectomy, facetectomy, and foraminotomy with decompression, 1 vertebral segment, lumbar; each additional vertebral segment
63056,57 Transpedicular approach with decompression, 1 segment, lumbar; each additional segment, lumbar
63170 Laminectomy with myelotomy, cervical, thoracic, or thoracolumbar
63185,90 Laminectomy with rhizotomy, 1-2 segments; more than 2 segments
63200 Laminectomy, with release of tethered spinal cord, lumbar
63267,68 Laminectomy with excision or evacuation of intraspinal lesion other than neoplasm, lumbar; sacral
63272,73 Laminectomy for excision of intraspinallasion other than neoplasm, lumbar; sacral
22224,26 Osteotomy of spine, including didcectomy, lumbar;, each additional segment
62287 Aspiration or decompression procedure, percutaneous, of nucleus pulposus of intervertebral disc (e.g., percutaneous discectomy, percutaneous laser discectomy)
69990 Microsurgical techniques, requiring use of operating microscope