Appendix A - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

5238 Spinal stenosis. 5239 Spondylolisthesis or segmental instability. 5240 Ankylosing spondylitis. 5241 Spinal fusion. 5242 Degenerative arthritis, degenerative disc disease other than intervertebral disc syndrome (also, see either DC 5003 or 5010) 5243 Intervertebral disc syndrome: Assign this diagnostic code only when there is disc ................
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