You may have trouble sitting or standing in one position for very long and may need pain medicine in the weeks after your surgery. You may need to wear a neck brace for a while. It may take 4 to 6 weeks to get back to your usual activities. How long it takes depends on what kind of surgery you had.
The estimated cost of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) surgery in India usually starts $5000 however, it may go up to as much as $10,000. it depends on the hospital charges and the fee charged by the surgeon. This price usually does not cover the post-operational physiotherapy program.
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Using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification diagnosis and treatment codes, discharges were identified for those patients undergoing ACDF (defined as anterior cervical fusion (ICD-0 code=81.02) + excision of intervertebral disc (80.51)).
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M96. 1: Postlaminectomy syndrome, not elsewhere classified.
ICD-10-CM Code for Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on specified body systems Z48. 81.
In 2010 and the years prior, the CPT code 63075 was used in concert with 22554 for representing anterior discectomy and subsequent fusion. In 2011, these 2 codes were combined into 1 code: 22551 for first fusion and discectomy level (with code 22552 for additional levels).
ICD-10 code M43. 22 for Fusion of spine, cervical region is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Dorsopathies .
Other specified postprocedural statesICD-10 code Z98. 89 for Other specified postprocedural states is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .
Z48.811ICD-10-CM Code for Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on the nervous system Z48. 811.
ICD-10-CM Code for Encounter for other orthopedic aftercare Z47. 89.
Status post (S/P) is a term used in medicine to refer to a treatment (often a surgical procedure), diagnosis or just an event, that a patient has experienced previously, for example, "status post cholecystectomy", "S/P vaginal delivery", etc.
Use code 63075 for an anterior discectomy procedure with a decompression of the spinal cord and/or nerve root(s), including osteophytectomy; performed on a single cervical interspace performed without a fusion procedure. In most cases, ACDFs are performed with both fusion and discectomy procedures.
Coders should instead report all-encompassing CPT code 22551 (arthrodesis, anterior interbody, including disc space preparation, discectomy, osteophytectomy and decompression of spinal cord and/or nerve roots; cervical below C2) for an anterior cervical discectomy and interbody fusion performed at the same level during ...
22551 is a newer code, created in 2011. Prior to that, if an ACDF was performed at a single level, you would report 63075 and 22554. Since 2011, if an ACDF is performed at a single level, you report 22551 only.