No. CPT 22840 is adjunctive and must be billed alongside a primary spinal fusion or stabilization procedure.
CPT Code 22840: Posterior Non-Segmental Spinal Instrumentation
Read this guide for CPT 22840 (posterior non-segmental spinal instrumentation). Includes documentation, billing, and modifiers.
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No. Fluoroscopic guidance may be separately billable unless bundled per payer policy.
Non-segmental instrumentation spans multiple vertebral levels but does not attach at each individual vertebra.
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