2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M43.22 Fusion of spine, cervical region 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code M43.22 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to Z98.1: Ankylosis (fibrous) (osseous) (joint) M24.60 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M24.60 Arthrodesis status Z98.1 Fusion, fused (congenital) lumbosacral (acquired) M43.27 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M43.27 Status (post) - see also Presence (of) arthrodesis Z98.1
Fusion of spine, cervical region. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M43.22 - other international versions of ICD-10 M43.22 may differ.
Subluxation of C3/C4 cervical vertebrae. The 2019 edition of ICD-10-CM S13.140 became effective on October 1, 2018. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S13.140 - other international versions of ICD-10 S13.140 may differ.
Fusion of spine, site unspecified M43. 20 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM M43. 20 became effective on October 1, 2021.
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Z48.811Z48. 811 - Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on the nervous system | ICD-10-CM.
Fusion of spine, cervical region M43. 22 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM M43. 22 became effective on October 1, 2021.
The work of placing the bone graft is included in the arthrodesis/fusion codes. All spinal bone graft codes are add-on codes....3. Choose the appropriate add-on bone graft code with fusion.TypeMorselizedStructuralAllograft (donor bone)+20930+20931Autograft (patient's bone)+20936, +20937+20938Dec 9, 2021
Posterior approach, posterior column—entry through the back of the body to perform a procedure on the vertebral foramen, spinous process, facets and/or lamina. Posterior approach, anterior column—entry through the back of the body to perform a procedure on the body of the vertebra or the disc.
81: Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on specified body systems.
ICD-10-CM Code for Encounter for other orthopedic aftercare Z47. 89.
Aftercare codes are found in categories Z42-Z49 and Z51. Aftercare is one of the 16 types of Z-codes covered in the 2012 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines and Reporting.
Coders should instead report all-encompassing CPT code 22551 (arthrodesis, anterior interbody, including disc space preparation, discectomy, osteophytectomy and decompression of spinal cord and/or nerve roots; cervical below C2) for an anterior cervical discectomy and interbody fusion performed at the same level during ...
Cervical spinal fusion is surgery that joins two or more of the vertebrae in your neck. It made your neck more stable. After surgery, you can expect your neck to feel stiff and sore. This should improve in the weeks after surgery.