The patient underwent partial excision of the posterior C7 and L1 and L2 vertebrae to remove intrinsic bony lesions. Two surgeons worked simultaneously as primary surgeons to remove the lesions. Surgeon A removed the lesion at C7, and surgeon B removed the lesions at L1 and L2. Code the services of surgeon B with the appropriate ICD-10-CM and CPT code(s):

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Surgeon B worked on the lumbar vertebrae (L1 and L2), so the appropriate CPT codes would be for those locations. The modifier -62 indicates two surgeons working together. The ICD-10-CM code M84.88 specifies a disorder of continuity of bone, site unspecified, which would be appropriate for intrinsic bony lesions. The codes 22102-62 and 22103-62 specifically refer to partial excision of vertebral body at the lumbar region, with the second code indicating each additional segment, which matches the work done by Surgeon B on L1 and L2.

The Patient Underwent Partial Excision of the Posterior C7 and L1