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Operating Room Time. This represents in-room to out-of-room time for MI SI joint fusion and PLD.
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Length of Stay. All MI SI joint fusion patients were admitted. Only 13.5% of PLD patients were admitted.
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Procedure Name CPT Code Work RVU Practice expense RVU Malpractice RVU Total RVU Posterior lumbar mi-crodiscectomy 63030 13.18 10.95 4.16 28.29 Percutaneous discectomy 62287 9.03 6.35 1.14 16.52 Open SI fusion 27280 14.64 12.29 4.22 31.15 MI SI fusion 27279 9.03 5.88 1.14 16.05 CPT: current procedural technology; RVU: relative value unit; SI: sacroiliac; MI: minimally invasive. http://www.cms.gov/apps/physician-fee-schedule/ Accessed 06/26/2015
Procedure Number of cases In-room time (minutes) Admitted patients Length of stay (days) MI SI joint fusion 50 112 ± 23 50 3.5 ± 2.12 PLD 89 119 ± 26 12 0.34 ± 0.99 MI: minimally invasive; SI: sacroiliac; PLD: primary lumbar discectomy.
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