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2008 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Diseases Of The Musculoskeletal System And Connective Tissue 710-739 > Dorsopathies 720-724 > Other And Unspecified Disorders Of Back 724.* > 2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 724.8 Other symptoms referable to back  On October 1, 2008 the 2009 ICD-9-CM codes came into effect. Therefore, this code may be out of date. The 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 724.8 can be accessed here. A calcification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spinal column, usually at the level of the cervical spine. It is often associated with anterior ankylosing hyperostosis. 724.8 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 724.8 contains 14 index entries View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 724.* hierarchy 724.8 also known as: Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament NOS Panniculitis specified as sacral or affecting back Index entries containing 724.8: Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9 joint (see also Arthritis, pyogenic) 711.0 vertebral (tuberculous) (see also Tuberculosis) 015.0 [730.88] nontuberculous 724.8 Dislocation (articulation) (closed) (displacement) (simple) (subluxation) 839.8 pathological NEC 718.20 spine 724.8 sacroiliac 724.6 Hypertrophy, hypertrophic ligament 728.9 spinal 724.8 spinal ligament 724.8 Ossification ligament posterior longitudinal 724.8 cervical 723.7 Panniculitis 729.30 back 724.8 sacral 724.8 Rigid, rigidity - see also condition back 724.8 spine 724.8 Spasm, spastic, spasticity (see also condition) 781.0 muscle 728.85 back 724.8 Stiff back 724.8 Stiffness, joint NEC 719.50 back 724.8 Syndrome - see also Disease facet 724.8 interspinous ligament 724.8