Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES
35401 - Additional Information
Vertebroplasty, for one or more fractures in one or more vertebrae, performed by an interventional radiologist, for the treatment of a painful osteoporotic thoracolumbar vertebral compression fracture of the thoracolumbar spinal segment (T11, T12, L1 or L2), if:
(a) pain is severe (numeric rated pain score greater than or equal to 7 out of 10); and
(b) symptoms are poorly controlled by opiate therapy; and
(c) severe pain duration is 3 weeks or less; and
(d) there is MRI (or SPECT‑CT if MRI unavailable) evidence of acute vertebral fracture
Applicable only once for the same fracture, but is applicable for a new fracture of the same vertebra or vertebrae (H)
(Anaes.)
Fee: $751.60 Benefit: 75% = $563.70
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