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{{CCI_2_Procedure_component | {{CCI_2_Procedure_component | ||
| CCI_2_Code = 75 | | CCI_2_Code = 75 | ||
| CCI_Category = Therapeutic Procedure | | CCI_Category = Therapeutic Procedure | ||
}} | }} | ||
== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
{{CCI_Therapeutic}} | *Refers to a procedure to actually fuse 2 body similar and adjacent parts together. Usually (but not always) this refers to fusing 2 bones (e.g. adjacent spinal bones). Thus fusion usually is for the purpose of stabilizing a body part. | ||
'''Includes''' | |||
*Arthrodesis - code joint by site + fusion; | |||
*spinal fusion- code [[(T) Vertebral Bones]] + [[Fusion]] | |||
{{CCI Collection Mode}} | |||
{{CCI_Therapeutic}}=== Fusion vs Fixation === | |||
*The subtlety here is to distinguish it from [[Fixation]] of a body part which is done to stabilize or "fix" a body part -- but [[Fusion]] when the way it was done was by actually fusing things together. Use '''[[Fixation]]''' when the stabilization approach was NOT to fuse things together. | |||
== Alternate CCIs to consider coding instead or in addition == | == Alternate CCIs to consider coding instead or in addition == | ||
* | *[[CCI component 2 codes - what was done]] | ||
== Related ICD10 Codes == | == Related ICD10 Codes == | ||