Trans1 Wins Approval to Offer CPT Code for Pre-Sacral Fusion

TranS1 Inc.

announced today that the Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), has approved and released the valuation of the Category I Current Procedure Terminology (CPT) code 22586 for pre-sacral interbody single level spinal fusion at L5-S1 to be effective January 1, 2013. CPT code 22586, which applies to the Company's AxiaLIF 1L+ device, is a bundled lumbar arthrodesis procedure that includes bone graft, posterior instrumentation, and fixation which has been assigned a work RVU of 28.12 for calendar year 2013.