Diagnosis Code: 720.81

Short Description: Spondylopathy in oth dis

Long Description: Inflammatory spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere

Code Classification:

• Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (710–739)
  • Dorsopathies (720-724)
    • 720 Ankylosing spondylitis and other inflammatory spondylopathies
      • 720.81 Spondylopathy in oth dis

This code is valid for manifestations not allowed as principal diagnosis

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

• Open fracture thoracic vertebra, spondylolysis

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 720.81 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (subacute) 716.9
  • spine 721.90
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 015.0 [720.81]

• Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
  • Pott's (see also Tuberculosis) 015.0 [730.88]
    • spondylitis 015.0 [720.81]
  • Rust's (tuberculous spondylitis) (see also Tuberculosis) 015.0 [720.81]

• Rust's disease (tuberculous spondylitis) 015.0 [720.81]

• Spondylitis 720.9
  • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 015.0 [720.81]
  • typhosa 002.0 [720.81]

• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (congenital) (degeneration) (disease) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (gangrene) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) 011.9
  • arthritis (chronic) (synovial) 015.9 [711.40]
    • spine or vertebra (column) 015.0 [720.81]
  • spondylitis 015.0 [720.81]

• Typhoid (abortive) (ambulant) (any site) (fever) (hemorrhagic) (infection) (intermittent) (malignant) (rheumatic) 002.0
  • spine 002.0 [720.81]

Crosswalk Information

The code 720.81 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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