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Refer to the ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting

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Refer to the ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, Medical and Surgical Section Guidelines (Section 0) , subhead Fusion Procedures of the Spine. Which paragraphs discuss fusion of vertebral joints?


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Stereocenter

An atom in a molecule that is bonded to four different groups, creating different spatial arrangements.

Enantiomer

Molecules that are mirror images of each other and cannot be superimposed onto each other, commonly found in chiral molecules.

Diastereomers

Non-mirror-image stereo isomers that have varying physical and chemical properties from each other.

Stereocenters

Chiral centers in a molecule, points at which the molecule can adopt different spatial arrangements leading to different stereoisomers.

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