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Q&A: Reporting spinal Fusions without a device in ICD-10-PCS

Q: Per Coding Clinic, Second Quarter 2017, when a spinal fusion is performed without bone grafting it cannot be coded to the root operation Fusion in ICD-10-PCS. Is this advice still accurate?

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