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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 2.
Published in final edited form as: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2006 Nov 1;31(23):2707–2714. doi: 10.1097/01.brs.0000248132.15231.fe

Table 1.

ICD-9-CM codes for Back Surgery, Lumbar Discectomy/Laminectomy, and Lumbar Fusion

Procedure Procedure Codes Inclusions & Exclusions
Total back surgery 03.0, 03.02, 03.09, 03.6; 78.50, 78.59, 78.60, 78.69, 78.90, 78.99; 80.5, 80.50-52, 80.59; 81.0, 81.00-09 EXCLUDES Diagnosis codes 140-239.9, 324.1, 630-676, 720.0-9, 730-730.99, 733.1, 733.10, 733.13, 733.95, 733.8, 733.81-82, 805-806.9, 839- 839.59, E800-E849.9
Lumbar discectomy/laminectomy 80.5, 80.50-52, 80.59 INCLUDES Diagnosis codes 03.0, 03.09
Lumbar fusion 81.06-08; also 81.04, 81.05, 81.09, 81.00, 81.0 with inclusions INCLUDES Diagnosis codes 722.10, 722.73; 721.3, 722.52 722.93; 721.42, 724.02; 724.6, 738.4, 756.11-12; 722.32, 722.83, 724.2, 739.3, 739.4, 846.0-9, 847.2, 847.3