Determination of Work Relative Value Units for Management of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis by Open Decompression and Interlaminar Stabilization.

Background: Effective January 1, 2017, open surgical decompression and interlaminar stabilization (ILS) received a Category I (CPT®) code 22867. The current work relative value units (wRVUs) assigned to the procedure of 13.5 are not reflective of the amount of work involved.