Diagnosis Code: 742.59

Short Description: Spinal cord anomaly NEC

Long Description: Other specified congenital anomalies of spinal cord

Code Classification:

• Congenital anomalies (740–759)
  • Congenital anomalies (740-759)
    • 742 Other congenital anomalies of nervous system
      • 742.59 Spinal cord anomaly NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

• Amyelia
• Atelomyelia
• Congenital anomaly of spinal meninges
• Defective development of the cauda equina
• Diplomyelia
• Hemimyelia
• Myelatelia
• Myelodysplasia of the spinal cord
• Neuroenteric cyst
• Neuroenteric cyst and associated malformation
• Postoperative tethered cord syndrome
• Sacral dysgenesis
• Spinal cord dysplasia
• Spinal cord hypoplasia
• Spinal dysgenesis
• Thanatophoric dysplasia, type 1
• Thanatophoric dysplasia, type 2

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 742.59 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Absence (organ or part) (complete or partial)
  • spinal cord 742.59
  • ventral horn cell 742.59

• Adhesion(s), adhesive (postinfectional) (postoperative)
  • meninges 349.2
    • spinal (any) 349.2
      • congenital 742.59

• Agenesis - see also Absence, by site, congenital
  • spinal cord 742.59

• Amyelia 742.59

• Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) 759.9
  • cauda equina 742.59
  • dura 742.9
    • spinal cord 742.59
  • meninges 742.9
    • spinal 742.59
  • specified type NEC
    • spinal cord 742.59
  • spine, spinal 756.10
    • cord 742.9
      • specified type NEC 742.59
    • meninges 742.59

• Aplasia - see also Agenesis
  • spinal cord 742.59
  • ventral horn cell 742.59

• Atelomyelia 742.59

• Cyst (mucus) (retention) (serous) (simple)
  • neuroenteric 742.59

• Defect, defective 759.9
  • developmental - see also Anomaly, by site
    • cauda equina 742.59

• Deformity 738.9
  • dura (congenital) 742.9
    • spinal 742.59
      • acquired 349.2
  • meninges or membrane (congenital) 742.9
    • spinal (cord) 742.59
      • acquired 349.2

• Development
  • defective, congenital - see also Anomaly
    • cauda equina 742.59

• Diplomyelia 742.59

• Distortion (congenital)
  • spinal cord 742.59

• Heterotopia, heterotopic - see also Malposition, congenital
  • spinalis 742.59

• Hypoplasia, hypoplasis 759.89
  • spinal (cord) (ventral horn cell) 742.59
    • vessel 747.82

• Malposition
  • congenital
    • spinal cord 742.59

• Micromyelia (congenital) 742.59

• Myelatelia 742.59

• Myelodysplasia (spinal cord) 742.59
  • meaning myelodysplastic syndrome - see Syndrome, myelodysplastic

• Myeloradiculodysplasia (spinal) 742.59

• Paratyphoid (fever) - see Fever, paratyphoid

• Syndrome - see also Disease
  • retroviral seroconversion (acute) V08
  • tethered (spinal) cord 742.59

Crosswalk Information

The code 742.59 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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