Table 2.
Count of unique patients with back pain: sequential addition of patients by reference
| ICD-9 # | Back Pain 2009 ICD-9 Code Descriptions |
Cherkin & Deyo ‘92 | HCUP Back | HCUP Sprains & Strains | Martin08 Back |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 720.1 | Spinal enthesopathy | 271 | |||
| 720.2 | Sacroilitis, not elsewhere classified | 4,524 | |||
| 721.2 | Thoracic spondylosis without myelopathy | 10,702 | |||
| 721.3 | Lumbosacral spondylosis w/o myelopathy | 62,062 | |||
| 721.4 | Thoracic or lumbar spondylosis with myelopathy | ||||
| 721.41 | Thoracic spondylosis with myelopathy | 470 | |||
| 721.42 | Lumbar spondylosis w/o myelopathy | 1,597 | |||
| 722.10 | Displacement of lumbar inter-vertebral disc w/o myelopathy | 16,616 | |||
| 722.1 | Displacement of thoracic or lumbar inter-vertebral disc w/o myelopathy | ||||
| 722.11 | Displacement thoracic intervertebral disc without myelopathy | 702 | |||
| 722.31 | Schmorl’s nodes-thoracic region | 71 | |||
| 722.32 | Schmorl’s nodes lumbar region | 161 | |||
| 722.5 | Degeneration of thoracic or lumbar intervertebral disc | ||||
| 722.51 | Degeneration of thoracic or thoracolumbar intervertebral disc | 4,930 | |||
| 722.52 | Degeneration of lumbar or lumbosacral intervertebral disc | 84,079 | |||
| 722.72 | Intervertebral disc disorder with myelopathy-thoracic region | 215 | |||
| 722.73 | Intervertebral disc disorder with myelopathy, lumbar region | 1,837 | |||
| 722.82 | Postlaminectomy syndrome-thoracic region | 85 | |||
| 722.83 | Postlaminectomy syndrome lumbar region | 2,881 | |||
| 722.92 | Other and unspecified disc disorder-thoracic region | 941 | |||
| 722.93 | Other and unspecified disc disorder, lumbar region | 7,040 | |||
| 724.00 | Spinal stenosis - unspecified region | 26,837 | |||
| 724.0 | Spinal stenosis, other than cervical | ||||
| 724.01 | Spinal stenosis, other than cervical-thoracic region | 621 | |||
| 724.02 | Spinal stenosis, other than cervical-lumbar region | 36,867 | |||
| 724.09 | Spinal stenosis, other than cervical-other | 1,674 | |||
| 724.1 | Pain in thoracic spine | 13,312 | |||
| 724.2 | Lumbago | 1,227,654 | |||
| 724.3 | Sciatica | 74,352 | |||
| 724.4 | Thoracic or lumbosacral neuritis or radiculitis, unspecified | 51,918 | |||
| 724.5 | Backache, unspecified | 504,854 | |||
| 724.6 | Disorders of sacrum | 2,862 | |||
| 724.70 | Unspecified disorder of coccyx | 446 | |||
| 724.7 | Disorders of the coccyx | ||||
| 724.71 | Hypermobility of coccyx | 20 | |||
| 724.79 | Disorders of coccyx-other | 4,062 | |||
| 724.8 | Other symptoms referable to back | 8,741 | |||
| 724.9 | Other unspecified back disorders | 30,226 | |||
| 737.0 | Adolescent postural kyphosis | 28 | |||
| 737.10 | Kyphosis (acquired)(postural) | 7,684 | |||
| 737.1 | Kyphosis acquired | ||||
| 737.11 | Kyphosis due to radiation | 15 | |||
| 737.2 | Lordosis (acquired) | ||||
| 737.20 | Lordosis (acquired)(postural) | 586 | |||
| 737.21 | Lordosis, postlaminestomy | 5 | |||
| 737.22 | Other post surgical lordosis | 4 | |||
| 737.29 | Lordosis acquired other | 97 | |||
| 737.34 | Thoracogenic scoliosis | 679 | |||
| 737.41 | Curvature of the spine associated with other conditions, kyphosis | 273 | |||
| 737.42 | Curvature of the spine associated with other conditions, Lordosis | 26 | |||
| 738.4 | Acquired spondylolisthesis | 2,526 | |||
| 739.2 | Nonallopathic lesions, thoracic region | ||||
| 739.3 | Nonallopathic lesions, lumbar region | 1,573 | |||
| 739.4 | Nonallopathic lesions, sacral region | 828 | |||
| 756.11 | Spondylolysis, lumbosacral region | 1,535 | |||
| 805.2 | Thoracic fracture, closed, without mention of spinal cord injury | 2,499 | |||
| 805.3 | Thoracic fracture, open, without mention of spinal cord injury | 23 | |||
| 805.4 | Lumbar fracture, closed, without mention of spinal cord injury | 4,157 | |||
| 805.5 | Lumbar fracture, open, without mention of spinal cord injury | 42 | |||
| 805.6 | Sacrum and coccyx fracture, closed, without mention of spinal cord injury | 516 | |||
| 805.7 | Sacrum and coccyx fracture, open, without mention of spinal cord injury | 17 | |||
| 806.2 | Thoracic fracture, closed with spinal cord injury | ||||
| 806.3 | Thoracic fracture, open with spinal cord injury | ||||
| 806.4 | Lumbar fracture, closed with spinal cord injury | 413 | |||
| 806.5 | Lumbar fracture, open with spinal cord injury | 39 | |||
| 806.6 | Sacrum and coccyx fracture, closed with spinal cord injury | ||||
| 806.7 | Sacrum and coccyx fracture, open with spinal cord injury | ||||
| 839.2–839.21 | Other, multiple, and ill-defined vertebral dislocations, thoracic and lumbar vertebra, closed | 83 | |||
| 839.3–839.31 | Other, multiple, and ill-defined vertebral dislocations, thoracic and lumbar vertebra, open | 2 | |||
| 846.0 | Sprains and strains of the lumbosacral (joint) (ligament) | 6,317 | |||
| 846 | Sprains and strains of sacroiliac region | ||||
| 846.1 | Sacroiliac ligament | 724 | |||
| 846.2 | Sacrospinatus (ligament) | 15 | |||
| 846.3 | Sacrotuberous (ligament) | 6 | |||
| 846.8 | Other specified sites of sacroiliac region | 135 | |||
| 846.9 | Unspecified site of sacroiliac region | 2,648 | |||
| 847.1 | Sprains and strains of other and unspecified parts of back-thoracic | 3,704 | |||
| 847.2 | Sprains and strains of other and unspecified parts of back-lumbar | 22,377 | |||
| 847.3 | Sprains and strains of other and unspecified parts of back-sacrum | 253 | |||
| 847.4 | Sprains and strains of other and unspecified parts of back-coccyx | 534 | |||
| Unique Individuals | 2,129,984 | 33,495 | 3,537 | 3,750 |