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2008 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 View the full ICD-9-CM Volume 3 81.* hierarchy 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 for pseudarthrosis 81.31 cervical (C2 level or below) NEC 81.02 anterior (interbody), anterolateral technique 81.02 for pseudarthrosis 81.32 C1-C2 level (anterior) (posterior) 81.01 for pseudarthrosis 81.31 for pseudarthrosis 81.32 posterior (interbody), posterolateral technique 81.03 for pseudarthrosis 81.33 craniocervical (anterior transoral) (posterior) 81.01 for pseudarthrosis 81.31 dorsal, dorsolumbar NEC 81.05 anterior (interbody), anterolateral technique 81.04 for pseudarthrosis 81.34 for pseudarthrosis 81.35 posterior (interbody), posterolateral technique 81.05 for pseudarthrosis 81.35 lumbar, lumbosacral NEC 81.08 anterior (interbody), anterolarteral technique 81.06 for pseudarthrosis 81.36 for pseudoarthrosis 81.38 lateral transverse process technique 81.07 for pseudarthrosis 81.37 posterior (interbody), posterolateral technique 81.08 for pseudarthrosis 81.38 number of vertebrae - see codes 81.62 - 81.64 occiput-C2 (anterior transoral) (posterior) 81.01 for pseudarthrosis 81.31 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