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8:42 PM Question 11: When coding vertebral corpectomy, the term "partial" is defined in subcategories of the "Spine Spinal Cord" category as the "removal of a substantial portion of the body of the vertebra." w of the following amounts of bone removed from the cervical spine meets the definition of "par O A. One-quarter of the vertebral body O B. One-third of the vertebral body ° C. One-half of the vertebral body O D. Three-quarters of the vertebral body Previous

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Answer: ( C) One half of the vertebral body.

( Due to greater risk of corpectomy, the surgeon may monitor the spinal functions.)