The ICD-10-CM code M54.16 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like lumbar radiculitis, lumbar radiculopathy or lumbosacral neuritis. The code is commonly used in orthopedics medical specialties to specify clinical concepts such as radiculopathy (primary).
These include chronic pain due to trauma, like a bone fracture, chronic post-procedural pain (such as long-lasting pain after surgery), central pain syndrome and chronic pain syndrome, along with catch-all codes for diseases of the nervous system and for otherwise unclassified pain.
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Lumbar facet arthropathy, also called facet joint arthritis or facet joint syndrome, refers to lower back pain caused by inflammation of the facet joints that connect one vertebra to another in the spine and the cartilage that lines them.
Facet arthropathy happens when the cartilage between the facet joints breaks down or gets damaged. This may be caused by: Osteoarthritis. This degenerative disease is a result of the wearing down of cartilage in the joints.
Spondylosis (aka Facet Pain or Facet Disease) is often used interchangeably with osteoarthritis and degenerative joint disease, but they are in fact distinct conditions (which may occur together) with different treatment protocols. Recognizing this is crucial.
ICD-10 Code for Arthropathy, unspecified- M12. 9- Codify by AAPC.
Facet Arthropathy (FA) is a painful, arthritic condition of the facet joints. These joints allow for bending, twisting, and alignment of the spine. The spinal nerves come off the spinal cord between the vertebra and the facet joints.
Arthropathy is a joint disease, of which arthritis is a type. Arthropathies can be associated with a hematologic (blood) disorder or an infection, such as Lyme disease.
A. If the documentation is facet arthropathy the index must be followed and the correct code assignment will be M46. 96 Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy, lumbar region.
ICD-10-CM Code for Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, lumbar region M47. 816.
Arthropathy: This is the term for any disease of your joints. Doctors may use it instead of "arthritis." Rheumatoid arthritis is considered an inflammatory arthropathy because it makes your joints inflamed.
11 Unilateral primary osteoarthritis, right knee.
9: Dorsalgia, unspecified.
D (subsequent encounter) describes any encounter after the active phase of treatment, when the patient is receiving routine care for the injury during the period of healing or recovery. S (sequela) indicates a complication or condition that arises as a direct result of an injury.