742.59 SPINAL CORD ANOMALY NEC

Code Information

  • Diagnosis Code: 742.59
  • Short Description: Spinal cord anomaly NEC
  • Long Description: Other specified congenital anomalies of spinal cord
  • Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Code Classification

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

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):

ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
742.59 Right Arrow Q06.0 Amyelia
Q06.1 Hypoplasia and dysplasia of spinal cord
Q06.3 Other congenital cauda equina malformations
Q06.8 Other specified congenital malformations of spinal cord
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
742.0 Encephalocele
742.1 Microcephalus
742.2 Congenital reduction deformities of brain
742.3 Congenital hydrocephalus
742.4 Other specified congenital anomalies of brain
742.51 Diastematomyelia
742.53 Hydromyelia
742.8 Other specified congenital anomalies of nervous system
742.9 Unspecified congenital anomaly of brain, spinal cord, and nervous system
This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014
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