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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 20.
Published in final edited form as: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 Apr 20;37(9):775–782. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181d79a09

Appendix 1.

Clinical Category ICD-9 CM code Diagnosis
Herniated Disc 722.1 Displacement of thoracic or lumbar disc without myelopathy
722.10 Displacement of lumbar disc without myelopathy
722.73 Lumbar disc disorder with myelopathy
Degenerative disc disease 721.3 Lumbosacral spondylosis without myelopathy
721.5 Baastrup’s disease
722.52 Degeneration of lumbar or lumbosacral disc
722.93 Other and unspecified lumbar disc disorder
Spinal stenosis 721.42 Spondylogenic compression of lumbar spinal cord
724.02 Lumbar stenosis
Possible Instability 724.6 Disorders of sacrum (including lumbosacral joint instability)
738.4 Acquired spondylolisthesis
756.11 Spondylolysis, lumbosacral region
756.12 Spondylolisthesis
Nonspecific Backache 307.89 Psychogenic backache
724.2 Lumbago
724.5 Backache, unspecified
846.0-9 Sprains and strains, sacroiliac
847.2 Sprains and strains, lumbar
847.3 Sprains and strains, sacral
Sciatica/Radiculitis 724.3 Sciatica
724.4 Thoracic or lumbosacral radiculitis
Miscellaneous 722.30 Schmorl’s nodes, unspecified region
722.32 Lumbar Schmorl’s nodes
724.8 Ossification of PLL
724.9 Other unspecified back disorder
739.3 Nonallopathic lesions, lumbar region
739.4 Nonallopathic lesions, sacral region
756.10 Anomaly of spine, unspecified