| Decompression |
| 03.02 |
Reopening of laminectomy site |
| 03.09 |
Other exploration and decompression of spinal canal |
| 80.5x |
Excision, destruction of intervertebral disc, unspecified |
| Fusion |
| 81.0x |
Spinal fusion |
| 81.3x |
Refusion of spine |
| 81.62 |
Fusion or refusion of 2–3 vertebrae |
| 81.63 |
Fusion or refusion of 4–8 vertebrae |
| 81.64 |
Fusion or refusion of 9 or more vertebrae |
| 84.51 |
Insertion of interbody spinal fusion device |
| Motion preservation |
| 84.59 |
Insertion of other spinal devices |
| 84.6x |
Replacement of spinal disc |
| 84.8x |
Insertion, replacement, and revision of posterior spinal motion preservation device(s) |
| Exclusion Criteria |
| ICD-9 Procedure Codes |
Description |
| 03 |
Operations on spinal cord and spinal canal structures |
| 03.01 |
Removal of foreign body from spinal canal |
| 03.1 |
Division of intraspinal nerve root |
| 03.2x |
Cordotomy |
| 03.3x |
Diagnostic procedures on spinal cord and spinal canal structures |
| 03.4 |
Excision or destruction of lesion of spinal cord or spinal meninges |
| 03.5x |
Plastic operations on spinal cord structures |
| 03.6x |
Lysis of adhesions of spinal cord and nerve roots |
| 03.7x |
Shunt of spinal theca |
| 03.8 |
Injection of destructive agent into spinal canal |
| 03.9x |
Other operations on spinal cord and spinal canal structures |
| 81.6 |
Other procedures on spine |
| 81.65 |
Percutaneous vertebroplasty |
| 81.66 |
Percutaneous vertebral augmentation |
| ICD-9 Diagnosis Codes |
Description |
| 013 |
Tuberculosis of meninges and central nervous system |
| 013.4x |
Tuberculoma of spinal cord |
| 013.5x |
Tuberculous abscess of spinal cord |
| 015 |
Tuberculosis of the bones and joints |
| 015.0 |
Vertebral column |
| 324 |
Intracranial and intraspinal abscess |
| 324.1 |
Intraspinal abscess |
| 192 |
Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified parts of nervous system |
| 192.2 |
Spinal cord |
| 192.3 |
Spinal meninges |
| 198 |
Secondary malignant neoplasm of other unspecified sites |
| 198.3 |
Brain and spinal cord |
| 198.4 |
Meninges (cerebral) (spinal) |
| 198.5 |
Bone and bone marrow |
| 225 |
Benign neoplasm of brain and other parts of nervous system |
| 225.3 |
Spinal cord |
| 225.4 |
Spinal meninges |
| 336 |
Other diseases of spinal cord |
| 336.1 |
Vascular myelopathies |
| 720 |
Ankylosing spondylitis and other inflammatory spondylopathiess |
| 720.0 |
Ankylosing spondylitis |
| 720.1 |
Spinal enthesopathy |
| 720.2 |
Sacroiliitis, not elsewhere classified |
| 720.8x |
Other inflammatory spondylopathies |
| 720.9 |
Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy |
| 721 |
Spondylosis and allied disorders |
| 721.6 |
Ankylosing vertebral hyperostosis |
| 721.7 |
Traumatic spondylopathy |
| 722 |
Intervertebral disc disorders |
| 722.9 |
Other and unspecified disc disorder (calcification of intervertebral cartilage or disc, discitis) |
| 733 |
Other disorders of bone and cartilage |
| 733.13 |
Pathologic fracture of vertebrae */ |
| 741 |
Spina bifida |
| 741.0x |
With hydrocephalus |
| 741.9x |
Without mention of hydrocephalus |
| 742 |
Other congenital anomalies of the nervous system |
| 742.5x |
Other specified anomalies of spinal cord |
| 747 |
Other congenital anomalies of circulatory system |
| 747.82 |
Spinal vessel anomaly |
| 756 |
Other congenital musculoskeletal anomalies |
| 756.1x |
Anomalies of spine |
| 805 |
Fracture of vertebral column without mention of spinal cord injury |
| 805.0x |
Cervical, closed |
| 805.1x |
Cervical, open |
| 805.2 |
Dorsal [thoracic], closed |
| 805.3 |
Dorsal [thoracic], open |
| 805.4 |
Lumbar, closed |
| 805.5 |
Lumbar, open |
| 805.6 |
Sacrum and coccyx, closed |
| 805.7 |
Sacrum and coccyx, open |
| 805.8 |
Unspecified, closed |
| 805.9 |
Unspecified, open |
| 806 |
Fracture of vertebral column with spinal cord injury |
| 806.0x |
Cervical, closed |
| 806.1x |
Cervical, open |
| 806.2 |
Dorsal [thoracic], closed |
| 806.3 |
Dorsal [thoracic], open |
| 806.4 |
Lumbar, closed |
| 806.5 |
Lumbar, open |
| 806.6 |
Sacrum and coccyx, closed |
| 806.7 |
Sacrum and coccyx, open |
| 806.8 |
Unspecified, closed |
| 806.9 |
Unspecified, open |
| 839 |
Other, multiple, and ill-defined dislocations |
| 839.0x |
Cervical vertebra, closed |
| 839.1x |
Cervical vertebra, open |
| 839.2x |
Thoracic and lumbar vertebra, closed |
| 839.3x |
Thoracic and lumbar vertebra, open |
| 839.4x |
Other vertebra, closed |
| 839.5x |
Other vertebra, open |
| 905 |
Late effects of musculoskeletal and connective tissue injuries |
| 905.1 |
Late effect of fracture of spine and trunk without mention of spinal cord lesion |
| 952.9 |
Unspecified site of spinal cord |
