Diagnosis Code: 721.90

Short Description: Spondylos NOS w/o myelop

Long Description: Spondylosis of unspecified site, without mention of myelopathy

Code Classification:

• Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (710–739)
  • Dorsopathies (720-724)
    • 721 Spondylosis and allied disorders
      • 721.90 Spondylos NOS w/o myelop

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 721.90 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (subacute) 716.9
  • back (see also Arthritis, spine) 721.90
  • deformans (see also Osteoarthrosis) 715.9
    • spine 721.90
      • with myelopathy 721.91
  • degenerative (see also Osteoarthrosis) 715.9
    • spine 721.90
      • with myelopathy 721.91
  • hypertrophic (see also Osteoarthrosis) 715.9
    • spine 721.90
      • with myelopathy 721.91
  • nodosa (see also Osteoarthrosis) 715.9
    • spine 721.90
      • with myelopathy 721.91
  • nonpyogenic NEC 716.9
    • spine 721.90
      • with myelopathy 721.91
  • senile or senescent (see also Osteoarthrosis) 715.9
    • spine 721.90
      • with myelopathy 721.91
  • spine 721.90
    • with myelopathy 721.91
    • atrophic 720.9
    • degenerative 721.90
      • with myelopathy 721.91
    • hypertrophic (with deformity) 721.90
      • with myelopathy 721.91
    • infectious or infective NEC 720.9
    • Marie-Str�mpell 720.0
    • nonpyogenic 721.90
      • with myelopathy 721.91
    • pyogenic 720.9
    • rheumatoid 720.0
    • traumatic (old) 721.7
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 015.0 [720.81]
  • vertebral (see also Arthritis, spine) 721.90

• Arthrosis (deformans) (degenerative) (see also Osteoarthrosis) 715.9
  • spine (see also Spondylosis) 721.90

• Change(s) (of) - see also Removal of
  • degenerative
    • spine or vertebra (see also Spondylosis) 721.90

• Degeneration, degenerative
  • articular cartilage NEC (see also Disorder, cartilage, articular) 718.0
    • spine (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
  • changes, spine or vertebra (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
  • joint disease (see also Osteoarthrosis) 715.9
    • spine (see also Spondylosis) 721.90

• Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
  • joint NEC 719.9
    • degenerative (see also Osteoarthrosis) 715.9
      • spine (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
    • hypertrophic (chronic) (degenerative) (see also Osteoarthrosis) 715.9
      • spine (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
    • Luschka 721.90

• Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
  • arthritis (chronic) (see also Osteoarthrosis) 715.9
    • spine (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
  • spondylitis (spine) (see also Spondylosis) 721.90

• Lipping
  • spine (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
  • vertebra (see also Spondylosis) 721.90

• Luschka's joint disease 721.90

• Osteoarthritica spondylitis (spine) (see also Spondylosis) 721.90

• Osteoarthritis (see also Osteoarthrosis) 715.9
  • interspinalis (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
  • spine, spinal NEC (see also Spondylosis) 721.90

• Osteoarthrosis (degenerative) (hypertrophic) (rheumatoid) 715.9
  • spine (see also Spondylosis) 721.90

• Spondylarthritis (see also Spondylosis) 721.90

• Spondylarthrosis (see also Spondylosis) 721.90

• Spondylitis 720.9
  • chronic (traumatic) (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
  • deformans (chronic) (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
  • hypertrophic (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
  • osteoarthritica (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
  • senescent (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
  • senile (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
  • static (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
  • traumatic (chronic) (see also Spondylosis) 721.90

• Spondyloarthrosis (see also Spondylosis) 721.90

• Spondylosis 721.90
  • with
    • disproportion 653.3
      • affecting fetus or newborn 763.1
      • causing obstructed labor 660.1
        • affecting fetus or newborn 763.1
    • myelopathy NEC 721.91
  • cervical, cervicodorsal 721.0
    • with myelopathy 721.1
  • inflammatory 720.9
  • lumbar, lumbosacral 721.3
    • with myelopathy 721.42
  • sacral 721.3
    • with myelopathy 721.42
  • thoracic 721.2
    • with myelopathy 721.41
  • traumatic 721.7

• Urbach-Wiethe disease or syndrome (lipoid proteinosis) 272.8

Crosswalk Information

The code 721.90 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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