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Vertebral Body Metastasis with Spinal Cord Compression

Date: Mar 29, 2024

Question:

Per your response for question ID #11629, if embolization via spinal arteries is done for a vertebral body met, this should be coded as 37243. However, we are getting some pushback from one of our providers stating they feel 61624 is more appropriate when the vertebral body metastasis is compression and/or invading the spinal cord since now it's affecting cord, which is CNS. Could you provide some insight?

Question ID : 20304
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