Free online searchable
2009 ICD-9-CM
Diseases and Injuries
>> Tabular
Index
>> Alphabetic
Index
Procedures
>> Tabular
Index
>>
Alphabetic Index
Appendices
>> Drugs
/ Chemicals
>> External Causes
Other Resources
>> HCPCS Alpha
>> Medical
Dictionary
>> Drug Directory
Tips
Contribute
80.5 Excision, destruction and other repair of intervertebral disc |
80.50 Excision or destruction of intervertebral disc, unspecified
Unspecified as to excision or destruction |
80.51 Excision of intervertebral disc
Diskectomy
Removal of herniated nucleus pulposus
Level:
cervical
thoracic
lumbar (lumbosacral)
That by laminotomy or hemilaminectomy
That with decompression of spinal nerve root at same level
Requires additional code for any concomitant decompression of spinal nerve root at different level from excision site
Code also any: concurrent spinal fusion (81.00 - 81.09)
repair of the anulus fibrousus (80.53-80.54)
Excludes: that for insertion of (non-fusion) spinal disc replacement device (84.60 - 84.69)
that with corpectomy, (vertebral) (80.99)
intervertebral chemonucleolysis (80.52)
laminectomy for exploration of intraspinal canal (03.09)
laminotomy for decompression of spinal nerve root only (03.09) |
80.52 Intervertebral chemonucleolysis
With aspiration of disc fragments
With diskography
Injection of proteolytic enzyme into intervertebral space (chymopapain)
Excludes: injection of anestheti substance (03.91)
injection of other substances (03.92) |
80.53 Repair of the anulus fibrosus with graft or prosthesis
Anular disc repair
Closure (sealing) of the anulus fibrosus defect
Includes: microsurgical suture repair with fascial autograft
soft tissue re-approximation repair with tension bands
surgical mesh repair
Code also any:
application or administration of adhesion barrier substance, if performed (99.77)
intervertebral discectomy, if performed (80.51)
locally harvested fascia for graft (83.43) |
80.54 Other and unspecified repair of the anulus fibrosus
Anular disc repair
Closure (sealing) of the anulus fibrosus defect
Microsurgical suture repair without fascial autograft
Percutaneous repair of the anulus fibrosus
Code also any:
application or administration of adhesion barrier substance, if performed (99.77)
intervertebral discectomy, if performed (80.51) |
80.59 Other destruction of intervertebral disc
Destruction NEC
That by laser |