The International Journal of Spine Surgery has announced that specific International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) codes have been granted for lumbar discogenic pain associated with degenerative disc disease. This development allows for more precise diagnosis...
In the United States, the number of spinal surgeries for lumbar degenerative disc disease increased 2.4 times between 2000 and 2009. However, the number of lumbar spine surgeries began to decline after 2010. From 2003 to 2013, the number of lumbar discectomies and laminectomies decreased by 19...
herniated disc, spinal stenosis, facet syndrome, spondylolysthesis, etc). The Orthotrac was evaluated in a study of 41 patients with radicular pain due to degenerative discopathy (Dallolio, 2005
Data on individuals diagnosed with herniated intervertebral discs with radiculopathy (ICD-10 code M51.1) who did not undergo microdiscectomy (LDHsurg), were obtained from the Landspitali database of discharge diagnoses (for the same time period as LDHsurg, or 1997–2015). During this period, M...
Confounding factors used in this study included type of beneficiary, hypertension (I10-I13), chronic kidney disease (N18), and dyslipidemia (E78). Indications of lumbar spine surgeries Surgical indications of degenerative lumbar disc disorder, spondylotic radiculopathy, spondylolisthesis, and spinal steno...
TEMPORAL EVOLUTION OF EARLY DEGENERATIVE CHANGES IN STRESSED LUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS.: 9SharmaAseemSargarKiranSalter
(ICD-10) codes were used to characterize phenotype M51 (M51.0-M51.9: Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders, Supplementary Table1). Patients without a record of these ICD codes were categorized as controls, and from the controls participants that had been diagnosed ...
sex, educational level and region of birth with up to four reference individuals, randomly selected from the general population, who had not been treated at in- or specialised outpatient care during 2001–2013 due to any degenerative spine disease (ICD 10: M40-M54) as the main or secondary ...