POSSIBLE PROCEDURE/SERVICE CODES CPT Code
Description
RVU
Medicare National Average Payment*
Laminotomy and Laminectomy 63003
Laminectomy with exploration and/ or decompression of spinal cord and/ or cauda equina, without facetectomy, foraminotomy or discectomy (eg, spinal stenosis), 1 or 2 vertebral segments; thoracic
36.37
$1,235.72
63005
Laminectomy with exploration and/ or decompression of spinal cord and/ or cauda equina, without facetectomy, foraminotomy or discectomy (eg, spinal stenosis), 1 or 2 vertebral segments; lumbar, except for spondylolisthesis
34.53
$1,273.21
63011
Laminectomy with exploration and/ decompression of spinal cord and/or cauda equina, without facetectomy, foraminotomy or discectomy (eg, spinal stenosis), 1 or 2 vertebral segments; sacral
31.8
$1,080.45
63012
Laminectomy with removal of abnormal facets and/or pars inter-articularis with decompression of cauda equina and nerve roots for spondylolisthesis, lumbar (Gill type procedure)
34.85
$1,184.08
63030
Laminotomy (hemilaminectomy), with decompression of nerve root(s), including partial facetectomy, foraminotomy and/or excision of herniated intervertebral disc, including open and endoscopically-assisted approaches; 1 interspace, lumbar
28.3
$961.53
* 2011 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. No geographic adjustment.
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