Read the Vertebral Column Summer 2022 Issue This issue of Vertebral Columns, Editor in Chief Kern Singh, MD, highlights the increasing use of ambulatory surgical centers for spine surgery and focuses on patient selection to optimize outcomes. Other articles in this issue cover the use of stem cells for degenerative disc disease, classification and treatments...
2023 ICD-10-CM Update Released On June 16, 2022, CMS released new ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes for Fiscal Year 2023. The new ICD-10-CM codes includes a set of new diagnosis codes for intervertebral annular fibrous disc defects. The new ICD-10-CM codes are as follows: M51.A Other lumbar and lumbosacral annulus fibrosus disc defects A0 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus...
Spine Surgeons Position Statement on Image Requirement for Prior...
ISASS Policy Statement 2022– Systematic review of Intraosseous Basivertebral Nerve Ablation This policy supplements the ISASS Guideline Statement – Intraosseous Ablation of the Basivertebral Nerve for the Relief of Chronic Low Back Pain (2020) Morgan Lorio, MD, FACS,1 Olivier Clerk-Lamalice, MD,2 Milaris Rivera, MD,3 Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, MD,4 1 Advanced Orthopedics, Altamonte Springs, Fl...