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Wiki Dx help - small posterior disk bulges
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maryanneheath
Guru
Mornin'
I think the closest you are going to get is 722.0. Either that or the unspecified 722.91.
I think the closest you are going to get is 722.0. Either that or the unspecified 722.91.
Jamie Dezenzo
True Blue
I go w/ 722.0
Published in Orthopedic Coding Alert, November 2004
Question: My surgeon's operative report says,”Mild central disk bulge at L4-5 with facet and ligamentum flavum hypertrophy.” Which ICD-9 code should I use for this?
Missouri Subscriber
Answer: Your best bet is code 722.10 (Displacement of thoracic or lumbar intervertebral disk without myelopathy; lumbar intervertebral disk without myelopathy). Also report 724.8 (Other symptoms referable to back) to indicate the facet hypertrophy.
The “mild central disk bulge” indicates displacement of the disk. You can assume that the physician examined a lumbar disk because he documented it at “L4-5,” and “L” indicates lumbar.
Published in Orthopedic Coding Alert, November 2004
Question: My surgeon's operative report says,”Mild central disk bulge at L4-5 with facet and ligamentum flavum hypertrophy.” Which ICD-9 code should I use for this?
Missouri Subscriber
Answer: Your best bet is code 722.10 (Displacement of thoracic or lumbar intervertebral disk without myelopathy; lumbar intervertebral disk without myelopathy). Also report 724.8 (Other symptoms referable to back) to indicate the facet hypertrophy.
The “mild central disk bulge” indicates displacement of the disk. You can assume that the physician examined a lumbar disk because he documented it at “L4-5,” and “L” indicates lumbar.
jdemar
Guest
Yes, I agree with cervical 722.0; and also for others I use lumbar 722.10, and thoracic 722.11.