Pain in the thoracic area of the spine is often caused by muscle strain, overuse, and injury to the discs, ligaments, and muscles that surround the spine and support it. Poor posture can also cause pain in that area.
Thoracic Spinal Stenosis Symptoms
Thoracic spine pain often has a musculoskeletal origin related to poor posture or overuse injuries. Generally these conditions are self-limiting, but a small number of patients present with thoracic spine pain as the initial manifestation of more serious pathological conditions and differential diagnosis should be performed to exclude other pain sources and, most importantly, emergent situations
S29.012AICD-10 Code for Strain of muscle and tendon of back wall of thorax, initial encounter- S29. 012A- Codify by AAPC.
ICD-10-CM Code for Pain in thoracic spine M54. 6.
M54. 9 converts approximately to ICD-9-CM: 724.5 - Backache, unspecified.
Dorsalgia means back or spine pain, including low back, mid back, and sciatic pain. It does not include pain related to scoliosis, lordosis, or other specifically classified conditions.
Strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of abdomen, initial encounter. S39. 011A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Your thoracic spine is the middle section of your spine. It starts at the base of your neck and ends at the bottom of your ribs. It's the longest section of your spine. Your thoracic spine consists of 12 vertebrae, labeled T1 through T12.
For starters, dorsalgia is severe back pain, which could be coming from different parts of the spine. Depending on the specific section of the spine where the pain is coming from, there are six types of dorsalgia.
ICD-10 code Z98. 890 for Other specified postprocedural states is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .
It is a spinal pain that emerges from several different parts of your backbone. So, considering the particular spine section where the pain initiates, dorsalgia can be categorized into six types: cervical, cervicothoracic, thoracic, thoracolumbar, lumbar, and lumbosacral.
M54. 9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Sciatica – Pain which radiates down to one or both the legs from the lower back caused due to compression of the sciatic nerve by a herniated disk or a bone spur. Lumbago- The medical term for low back pain.
Chronic back pain – Back pain is said to be chronic if it is a constant nagging pain usually lasting for more than 3-6 months duration, which begins to affect the daily routine of the person.
Lumbar region – The lower back region of the spine which is curved slightly inwards and made of 5 vertebrae (L1-L5). Lumbosacral region – The region connecting the last lumbar vertebrae to the sacrum which is made of 5 bones fused together.
Back pain being a symptom of an underlying disease in most cases is coded only in the absence of a confirmed diagnosis of an underlying condition like intervertebral disc disorders, traumatic disc fracture, muscle strain etc..