Spine Neurosurgery CPT Codes

Spinal puncture, lumbar, diagnostic

Stereotactic navigation, add-on

Arthrodesis, anterior interbody, including disc space preparation, discectomy, osteophytectomy and decompression of spinal cord and/or nerve roots; cervical below C2

Ant cervical fusion, 1 interspace

Laminotomy (hemilaminectomy), with decompression of nerve roots, including partial facetectomy, foraminotomy, and/or excision of herniated intervertebral disc; 1 interspace, lumbar

Laminectomy, facetectomy and foraminotomy (unilateral or bilateral with decompression of spinal cord, cauda equina and/or nerve roots [eg, spinal or lateral recess stenosis]), single vertebral segment; lumbar

Laminectomy lesion, lumbar

Stereotactic navigation, spinal

Laminectomy, facetectomy and foraminotomy (unilateral or bilateral with decompression of spinal cord, cauda equina and/or nerve roots [eg, spinal or lateral recess stenosis]), single vertebral segment; cervical

Discectomy, anterior, with decompression of spinal cord and/or nerve roots, including osteophytectomy; cervical, single interspace

Percutaneous implantation of neurostimulator electrode array, epidural

Laminectomy for implantation of neurostimulator electrodes, plate/paddle, epidural

Posterior thoracic fusion, single level

Posterior lumbar fusion, each additional level

Injection, lumbar epidural, diagnostic/therapeutic

Injection, lumbar epidural, with imaging guidance

Laminectomy, cervical, 1-2 segments

Laminectomy, cervical, >2 segments

Laminectomy, lumbar, 1-2 segments (neurosurgery)

Laminectomy with removal of abnormal facets, lumbar

Laminotomy, re-exploration, lumbar

Vertebral corpectomy, anterior, cervical

Insertion of spinal cord stimulator pulse generator

Implantation of neurostimulator electrode, sacral nerve

Arthrodesis, anterior interbody, including disc space preparation, discectomy, osteophytectomy and decompression of spinal cord and/or nerve roots; cervical below C2, each additional interspace

Arthrodesis, anterior interbody technique, including minimal discectomy to prepare interspace (other than for decompression); lumbar

Anterior lumbar interbody arthrodesis, each additional interspace

Insertion of interbody biomechanical device (cage)

Anterior instrumentation, 2-3 vertebral segments

Local autograft obtained through same incision

Allograft, morselized

Arthrodesis, posterior or posterolateral technique, single level; cervical below C2 segment

Arthrodesis, posterior interbody technique, including laminectomy and/or discectomy to prepare interspace (other than for decompression), single interspace; lumbar

Laminectomy, facetectomy and foraminotomy (unilateral or bilateral with decompression of spinal cord, cauda equina and/or nerve roots [eg, spinal or lateral recess stenosis]), single vertebral segment; each additional segment, cervical, thoracic, or lumbar

Bone biopsy, trocar or needle; deep