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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 13.
Published in final edited form as: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 May 1;37(10):860–874. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182376508

Table 3.

Count of unique patients with neck pain: sequential addition of patients by reference

ICD-9 # Neck Pain
2009 ICD-9 Code Descriptions
Einst93 Angevine ‘03 HCUP Back HCUP Sprains & Strains Martin08
721.0 Cervical spondylosis without myelopathy 51,201
721.1 Cervical spondylosis with myelopathy 8,898
722.0 Displacement of cervical intervertebral disc without myelopathy 8,129
722.4 Degeneration of cervical intervertebral disc 36,439
722.71 Intervertebral disc disorder with myelopathy-cervical region 2,921
722.81 Postlaminectomy syndrome-cervical region 737
722.91 Other and unspecified disc disorder-cervical region 4,592
723.0 Spinal stenosis of cervical region 15,940
723 Other disorders of the cervical region
723.1 Cervicalgia 305,163
723.2 Cervico-cranial syndrome 197
723.3 Cervicobrachial syndrome (diffuse) 1,239
723.4 Brachial neuritis or radiculitis 49,032
723.5 Torticollis, unspecified 5,078
723.6 Panniculitis specified as affecting neck 29
723.7 Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament in cervical region 59
723.8 Other syndromes affecting cervical region 5,422
723.9 Unspecified musculoskeletal disorders and symptoms referable to neck 2,952
738.2 Acquired deformity of the neck
739.1 Non allopathic lesions cervical 1,550
805.0 Closed cervical vertebral fractures without mention of spinal cord injury
805.1 Cervical fracture, open, without mention of spinal cord injury
806.0 – 806.09 Cervical fracture, closed with spinal cord injury 57
806.1–806.19 Cervical fracture, open with spinal cord injury 2
839.0–839.08 Multiple ill defined dislocations of the cervical vertebra, closed 80
839.1–839.18 Multiple ill defined dislocations of the cervical vertebra, open 2
847.0 Sprains and strains of other and unspecified parts of back-neck 18,993
Unique Individuals 503,694 27 36