for uninsured services - Saskatchewan Medical Association

SECTION K:NEUROSURGERY593K Iliac screws -- add $500.00 42594K -- crossing cervicothoracic junction -- add $400.00 42FeeAnaeRemoval600K Anterior or posterior -- per 15 minutes of $184.00 42 Msurgical timeMay be billed with other proceduresFractures606K Decompression and/or reduction of fracture $1,600.00 0-- cannot be billed with other decompression codes-- instrumentation and fusion may also be billed607K Hal ring application $900.00 0608K Closed reduction and traction $690.00 0609K Halo jacket $346.00 0610K Thoracolumbar bracing $460.00 0Tumour/Infection/Vascular616K Major decompression code -- add 30 percent of Decompression617K Excision of mass without decompression $510.00 42 M618K Excision of mass with nerve root decompression 30 percent of Posterior Decompression-- see posterior decompression -- add 30%619K Removal intradural/extramedullary tumour $3,452.00 42 HCannot be claimed with other decompression codes620K Removal of intradural/intramedullary tumour $4,072.00 42 HCannot be claimed with other decompression codes621K Excision of intradural vascular malformation $3,500.00 42 HCannot be claimed with other decompression codes622K Interruption of spinal dural AV fistula $2,600.00 42 HCannot be claimed with other decompression codes623K Percutaneous vertebral biopsy $346.00 42 M624K Open vertebral biopsy $500.00 42 MPain630K Implantation of a single quadripolar electrode $1,726.00 42 M631K -- additional quadripolar electrode $690.00 42(Maximum of 1 additional electrode)632K Implantation of a single quadripolar electrode $2,032.00 42 M-- if surgery in same area as a previous surgery633K -- additional quadripolar electrode -- if surgery $734.00 42in same areas as previous surgery(Maximum of 1 additional electrode)634K Implantation of octopolar electrode $1,840.00 42 M635K -- additional octopolar electrode $690.00 42(Maximum of 1 additional electrode)636K If laminectomy required for electrode insertion $1,730.00 42 M-- 8 contacts637K -- 16 contacts $2,070.00 42 M638K Internalization of stimulation system $576.00 42 M-- non-rechargeable639K -- rechargeable $806.00 42 M640K Removal of stimulating electrode $460.00 42 M641K Adjustment of stimulating electrodes $914.00 42 M642K Programming of pump $230.00 42643K Programming of pulse generator $230.00 42644K Myeoltomy for pain -- open or percutaneous $2,000.00 42 HCannot be claimed with other decompression codes645K Pain pump implantation $1,726.00 42 M646 K Dorsal root entry zone lesioning or percutaneous $2,200.00 42 HCT guided cordotomy647K Repair or replacement of blocked intrathecal catheter $1,036.00 42 MSMA FEE GUIDE - K7 - April 1, 2012