Postlaminectomy syndrome is a buildup of scar tissue after a laminectomy has been performed. This condition is basically untreatable. The patient is in constant pain and the physician documents that this is due to the scar tissue that has formed following the disk surgery. Code 722.83 would be appropriate in this type of situation.
Other acute postprocedural pain. G89.18 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
I work for a pain management office and we see a number of patients following failed back surgery. The ICD 9 code that I use for post-lumbar laminectomy syndrome is 722.83.
Thoracic postlaminectomy syndrome ICD-10-CM M96.1 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group (s) (MS-DRG v38.0): 551 Medical back problems with mcc 552 Medical back problems without mcc
ACS 1344 Postlaminectomy syndrome instructs coders that postlaminectomy syndrome (M96. 1 Postlaminectomy syndrome, not elsewhere classfied) is a term used to describe pain which persists in spite of back surgery attempted to relieve it and that it should only be coded when 'postlaminectomy syndrome' is documented.
A laminectomy is a surgery that reduces pressure on the nerves in the spinal cord by removing a part of a vertebra. Post laminectomy syndrome is a condition in which the patient continues to feel pain after undergoing a correctional laminectomy or another form of back surgery.
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Other specified postprocedural states The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM Z98. 89 became effective on October 1, 2021.
Find out how we can help. Post-laminectomy syndrome, also known as, the failed back syndrome is a condition in which a patient persistently experiences chronic back pain after the surgery.
Causes of Post-laminectomy Syndrome Frequent causes include returning disc herniation and nerve root compression. Other causes include: scar tissue build-up (fibrosis), joint hypermobility, spinal instability, and facet joint problems.
Coding Guidelines for Pain338.0, Central pain syndrome.338.11, Acute pain due to trauma.338.12, Acute post-thoracotomy pain.338.18, Other acute postoperative pain.338.19, Other acute pain.338.21, Chronic pain due to trauma.338.22, Chronic post-thoracotomy pain.338.28, Other chronic postoperative pain.More items...
89.29 or the diagnosis term “chronic pain syndrome” to utilize ICD-10 code G89. 4.
ICD-10 code G89. 29 for Other chronic pain is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the nervous system .
Postlaminectomy syndrome, not elsewhere classified M96. 1 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 M96. 1 became effective on October 1, 2021.
Z48. 811 - Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on the nervous system. ICD-10-CM.
Laminectomy (removal of lamina bone) and diskectomy (removing damaged disk tissue) are both types of spinal decompression surgery. Your provider may perform a diskectomy or other techniques (such as joining two vertebrae, called spinal fusion) during a laminectomy procedure.