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Comment

. 2023 Aug 1;93(2):e28-e29.

doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002526. Epub 2023 May 19.

Letter: Commentary: The Anatomy of Disvalued Codes: The 63047 and the 22633

John K Ratliff¹, Luis M Tumialan², Katie O Orrico³, Joseph S Cheng⁴

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¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford , California , USA.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix , Arizona , USA.
³ Washington Committee, American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Washington , District of Columbia , USA.
⁴ Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati , Ohio , USA.

PMID: 37204228
PMCID: PMC10319368
DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002526

Comment

Letter: Commentary: The Anatomy of Disvalued Codes: The 63047 and the 22633

John K Ratliff et al. Neurosurgery. 2023.

. 2023 Aug 1;93(2):e28-e29.

doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002526. Epub 2023 May 19.

Authors

John K Ratliff¹, Luis M Tumialan², Katie O Orrico³, Joseph S Cheng⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford , California , USA.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix , Arizona , USA.
³ Washington Committee, American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Washington , District of Columbia , USA.
⁴ Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati , Ohio , USA.

PMID: 37204228
PMCID: PMC10319368
DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002526

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FIGURE 1. — FIGURE 1.
Illustration developed with American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons guidance demonstrates the separate and distinct work involved in accessing the interbody space compared with the area of work needed for decompression of the neural elements. Although these areas are contiguous, decompression of these spinal elements involve different levels of risk and time. TLIF, transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.

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Comment on

Commentary: The Anatomy of Disvalued Codes: The 63047 and the 22633.
Tumialán LM, Ratliff JK, Cheng J. Tumialán LM, et al. Neurosurgery. 2019 Feb 1;84(2):E122-E126. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyy535. Neurosurgery. 2019. PMID: 30649486 No abstract available.

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1. Tumialán LM, Ratliff JK, Cheng J. Commentary: the anatomy of disvalued codes: the 63047 and the 22633. Neurosurgery. 2019;84(2):e122-e126. - PubMed

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