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2007 ICD-9-CM Procedure 81.00

Spinal fusion, not otherwise specified

  • Operative immobilization or ankylosis of two or more vertebrae by fusion of the vertebral bodies with a short bone graft or often with diskectomy or laminectomy. (From Blauvelt & Nelson, A Manual of Orthopaedic Terminology, 5th ed, p236; Dorland, 28th ed)
  • 81.00 is a specific code that can be used to specify a procedure
  • 81.00 contains 7 index entries
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Index entries containing 81.00:

Arthrodesis (compression) (extra-articular) (intra-articular) (with bone graft) (with fixation device) 81.20
  • spinal -- see also Fusion, spinal 81.00
Fixation
  • spine, with fusion -- see also Fusion, spinal 81.00
Fusion
  • joint (with bone graft) -- see also Arthrodesis 81.20
    • spinal -- see also Fusion, spinal 81.00
  • spinal (with graft) (with internal fixation) (with instrumentation) 81.00
    • anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) 81.06
    • atlas-axis (anterior transoral) (posterior) 81.01
    • cervical (C2 level or below) NEC 81.02
      • anterior (interbody), anterolateral technique 81.02
      • C1-C2 level (anterior) (posterior) 81.01
      • for pseudarthrosis 81.32
      • posterior (interbody), posterolateral technique 81.03
    • craniocervical (anterior transoral) (posterior) 81.01
    • dorsal, dorsolumbar NEC 81.05
      • anterior (interbody), anterolateral technique 81.04
      • for pseudarthrosis 81.35
      • posterior (interbody), posterolateral technique 81.05
    • lumbar, lumbosacral NEC 81.08
      • anterior (interbody), anterolarteral technique 81.06
      • for pseudoarthrosis 81.38
      • lateral transverse process technique 81.07
      • posterior (interbody), posterolateral technique 81.08
    • number of vertebrae - see codes 81.62 - 81.64
    • occiput-C2 (anterior transoral) (posterior) 81.01
    • posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) 81.08
    • transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) 81.08
Girdlestone operation
  • laminectomy with spinal fusion 81.00
Operation
  • Girdlestone
    • laminectomy with spinal fusion 81.00
Spondylosyndesis -- see also Fusion, spinal 81.00