kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Code

M43.26

Fusion of spine, lumbar region

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Hierarchy

  • M00-M99 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
    • M40-M43 Deforming dorsopathies (M40-M43)
      • M43 Other deforming dorsopathies
        • M43.2 Fusion of spine
          • M43.20 Fusion of spine, site unspecified
          • M43.21 Fusion of spine, occipito-atlanto-axial region
          • M43.22 Fusion of spine, cervical region
          • M43.23 Fusion of spine, cervicothoracic region
          • M43.24 Fusion of spine, thoracic region
          • M43.25 Fusion of spine, thoracolumbar region
          • M43.26 Fusion of spine, lumbar region
          • M43.27 Fusion of spine, lumbosacral region
          • M43.28 Fusion of spine, sacral and sacrococcygeal region

Notes

M00-M99

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

Inclusion Terms

M43.2

  • Ankylosis of spinal joint

Excludes 1

M43.2

  • ankylosing spondylitis (M45.0-)
    • M45.0 Ankylosing spondylitis of multiple sites in spine
  • congenital fusion of spine (Q76.4)
    • Q76.4 Other congenital malformations of spine, not associated with scoliosis

M43

  • congenital spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis (Q76.2)
    • Q76.2 Congenital spondylolisthesis
  • hemivertebra (Q76.3-Q76.4)
  • Q76.1 Klippel-Feil syndrome
  • lumbarization and sacralization (Q76.4)
    • Q76.4 Other congenital malformations of spine, not associated with scoliosis
  • platyspondylisis (Q76.4)
    • Q76.4 Other congenital malformations of spine, not associated with scoliosis
  • Q76.0 Spina bifida occulta
  • spinal curvature in osteoporosis (M80.-)
    • M80 Osteoporosis with current pathological fracture
  • spinal curvature in Paget's disease of bone [osteitis deformans] (M88.-)
    • M88 Osteitis deformans [Paget's disease of bone]

Excludes 2

M43.2

  • Z98.1 Arthrodesis status
  • pseudoarthrosis after fusion or arthrodesis (M96.0)
    • M96.0 Pseudarthrosis after fusion or arthrodesis

M00-M99

  • L40.5 Arthropathic psoriasis
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
    • T79.A Traumatic compartment syndrome
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
    • O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
    • Q00-Q99 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • C00-D49 Neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

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