S32.040A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. Short description: Wedge compression fracture of fourth lumbar vertebra, init. The 2018/2019 edition of ICD-10-CM S32.040A became effective on October 1, 2018.
Fracture of unspecified bone, closed. Short description: Fracture NOS-closed. ICD-9-CM 829.0 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 829.0 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015.
Short description: Fx lumbar vertebra-close. ICD-9-CM 805.4 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 805.4 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015.
ICD-9-CM 805.4 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 805.4 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015.
An L4 burst fracture is a fracture of the fourth lower lumbar vertebra that causes the vertebra to “burst” or shatter into surrounding tissue and possibly the spinal cord.
Unspecified fracture of fourth lumbar vertebra, initial encounter for closed fracture. S32. 049A 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 S32.
The body of the fourth lumbar vertebra is level with the summits of the iliac crests and bifurcation of the aorta.
S32. 000A - Wedge compression fracture of unspecified lumbar vertebra [initial encounter for closed fracture] | ICD-10-CM.
Fracture of lumbar vertebra ICD-10-CM S32. 009A is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0):
000 for Wedge compression fracture of unspecified lumbar vertebra is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes .
The L4-L5 disc in the low back is between the L4 vertebrae and L5 vertebrae which make up the L4-L5 spinal segment. The L5-S1 disc at the bottom of the spine lies between the L5 vertebra and the first bony segment at the top of the sacrum, which is sacral segment 1 (or S1).
The L4 spinous process is typically larger than the L5 process. To double check place your hands on the iliac crests with your thumbs pointing towards one another which will put you in the region of L4. Count up from L4 to identify L1. Alternatively you could identify T12.
The L3-L4 spinal motion segment, positioned in the middle of the lumbar spine, plays an important role in supporting the weight of the torso and protecting the cauda equina (nerves that descend from the spinal cord).
000A for Wedge compression fracture of unspecified thoracic vertebra, initial encounter for closed fracture is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes .
In a compression fracture, the vertebral body collapses. The most common type of compression fracture is a wedge fracture, in which the front of the vertebral body collapses but the back does not, meaning that the bone assumes a wedge shape.
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