St. Louis Children’s Hospital

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If you would like to find out if you/your child would benefit from selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) please fill out the online Patient Information Form.

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Center highlights

• Over 20 years experience performing selective dorsal rhizotomies with unequalled knowledge of post-surgical outcomes
• Performed over 1,700 surgeries, with no major complications, on children and adults from 46 states and 36 countries
• Published over 40 scientific articles on rhizotomy
  

Selective dorsal rhizotomy

Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) is a method for treatment of spastic cerebral palsy offered at the Center for Cerebral Palsy Spasticity at the St. Louis Children's Hospital.

• Download the Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy Brochure

Insurance coverage

Parents/patients should call their insurance company to check benefits as the first step in the process of obtaining insurance authorization. If there is more than one insurance company, both primary and secondary should be investigated.

• Diagnosis code (ICD-9 code) for cerebral palsy of any type is 343.9
• Procedure code (CPT code) for the rhizotomy surgery is 63190

Contact Us

The Center for Cerebral Palsy Spasticity
St. Louis Children's Hospital
One Children's Place
Room 4S20
St. Louis, Missouri 63110 USA
Phone --314.454.2813, or toll-free 800.416.9956
Fax --314.454.2818
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