720.1 SPINAL ENTHESOPATHY


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 720.1

Short Description: Spinal enthesopathy

Long Description: Spinal enthesopathy

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (710–739)
    • Dorsopathies (720-724)
      • 720 Ankylosing spondylitis and other inflammatory spondylopathies
        • 720.1 Spinal enthesopathy

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 720.1 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Disorder - see also Disease
    • ligamentous attachments, peripheral - see also Enthesopathy
      • spine 720.1
    • muscular attachments, peripheral - see also Enthesopathy
      • spine 720.1
    • spine NEC 724.9
      • ligamentous or muscular attachments, peripheral 720.1
  • Enthesopathy 726.90
    • spinal 720.1
  • Lesion(s)
    • romanus 720.1
  • Romanus lesion 720.1
  • Tenosynovitis (see also Synovitis) 727.00
    • spine 720.1

Crosswalk Information

The code 720.1 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
720.1 Right Arrow M46.00 Spinal enthesopathy, site unspecified
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
720.0 Ankylosing spondylitis
720.2 Sacroiliitis, not elsewhere classified
720.81 Inflammatory spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere
720.89 Other inflammatory spondylopathies
720.9 Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014