More information: Daniel G. Hoernschemeyer et al, Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering for Adolescent Scoliosis with Growth Remaining, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (2020). DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.19.00980 ...

Use code 63081 for an initial cervical level vertebral corpectomy (vertebral body resection), partial or complete, anterior approach with decompression of spinal cord and/or nerve root(s). Use add-on ...

The Tether™ device now considered “medically necessary” for treatment of pediatric scoliosisWESTMINSTER, Colo., July 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZimVie Inc. (Nasdaq: ZIMV), a global life ...

CMS released the 2026 proposed payment rule for hospital outpatient departments and ASCs on July 15. The agency proposed removing 285 mostly musculoskeletal procedure codes from the inpatient-only ...

Compared with 10 healthy controls, the children with SMA had a height of their anterior edge of the vertebrae that was significantly lower from T2 onward (13.7 vs 17.6 mm), and their anterior ...

Hoernschemeyer's study, "Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering for Adolescent Scoliosis with Growth Remaining: A Retrospective Review of Two to Five Year Postoperative Results," was recently published ...

Both of the procedures that will be discussed are performed within the corpus or round shaped part of the vertebral body. Vertebroplasty A cannula is inserted into the vertebral body through a ...

ZimVie Inc. has announced a positive medical policy decision from Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield for its anterior vertebral body tethering device for the treatment of pediatric scoliosis, according ...

Correct coding of a corpectomy requires knowledge of several factors, including the diagnosis, amount of the vertebral body removed, the region of the spine on which the procedure was performed ...

ZimVie’s Tether™ device, a first-of-its-kind non-fusion scoliosis treatment, is the first and only FDA-approved device for AVBT. Its humanitarian device exemption (HDE) was granted based on ...