Lumbar muscle strain is caused when muscle fibers are abnormally stretched or torn. Lumbar sprain is caused when ligaments (the tough bands of tissue that hold bones together) are torn from their attachments. Both of these can result from a sudden injury or from gradual overuse.
ICD-9 Code Transition: 724.2 Code M54. 5 is the diagnosis code used for Low Back Pain (LBP). This is sometimes referred to as lumbago.
A lumbar strain is an injury to the lower back. This results in damaged tendons and muscles that can spasm and feel sore. The lumbar vertebra make up the section of the spine in your lower back.
Chronic lumbosacral sprain/strain: ICD-9-CM Code 724.
The current code, M54. 5 (Low back pain), will be expanded into three more specific codes: M54. 50 (Low back pain, unspecified)
5: Low back pain.
Lumbar sprain is caused when ligaments (the tough bands of tissue that hold bones together) are torn from their attachments. Both of these can result from a sudden injury or from gradual overuse. Lumbar strain or sprain can be debilitating. Types of Muscles Supporting the Spine.
The difference between a sprain and a strain is that a sprain injures the bands of tissue that connect two bones together, while a strain involves an injury to a muscle or to the band of tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone.
Lumbosacral or cervical strain is an injury of the ligaments, tendons and/or muscles of the low back or neck, respectively. The injury usually results from stretching that causes a small tear in these tissues. Lumbosacral and cervical strain are typically caused by overuse and trauma.
338.4 Chronic pain syndrome - ICD-9-CM Vol. 1 Diagnostic Codes.
Its corresponding ICD-9 code is 724.3. Code M54. 3 is the diagnosis code used for Sciatica. It is a condition characterized by pain radiating from the back into the buttock and posterior/lateral aspects of the leg.
ICD-9-CM 719.45 converts approximately to: 2022 ICD-10-CM M25. 559 Pain in unspecified hip.