Please note this question was answered in 2018. The coding advice may or may not be outdated.
Kyphoplasty and a Vertebroplasty
Date: Jan 8, 2018
Question:
The physician performed T5 vertebroplasty under fluoroscopic guidance and T9 kyphoplasty vertebroplasty under fluoroscopic guidance. Can you report codes 22510 and 22513 together with modifier -XU appended?
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