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2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 722.2
Displacement of intervertebral disc, site unspecified, without myelopathy
- Short description: Disc displacement NOS.
- ICD-9-CM 722.2 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
- You are viewing the 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 722.2.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 722.2: 2013.
722.2 Alternative Terminology
- Displacement of intervertebral disc without myelopathy
- Herniated intervertebral disc
- Herniation of intervertebral disc
- Herniation of intervertebral disc wo myelopathy
- Intervertebral disc prolapse
- Prolapsed intervertebral disc without myelopathy
Applies To
- Discogenic syndrome NOS
- Herniation of nucleus pulposus NOS
- Intervertebral disc NOS:
- extrusion
- prolapse
- protrusion
- rupture
- Neuritis or radiculitis due to displacement or rupture of intervertebral disc
Convert 722.2 to ICD-10-CM 

ICD-9-CM 722.2 converts approximately to:
- 2013 ICD-10-CM M51.9 Unspecified thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorder
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 722.2:
- Compression
nerve NEC - see also Disorder, nerve
arm NEC 354.9

autonomic nervous system (see also Neuropathy, peripheral, autonomic) 337.9

axillary 353.0

cranial NEC 352.9

due to displacement of intervertebral disc 722.2
iliohypogastric 355.79

ilioinguinal 355.79

leg NEC 355.8

lower extremity NEC 355.8

median (in carpal tunnel) 354.0

obturator 355.79

optic 377.49

plantar 355.6

posterior tibial (in tarsal tunnel) 355.5

root (by scar tissue) NEC 724.9

saphenous 355.79

sciatic (acute) 355.0

sympathetic 337.9

traumatic - see Injury, nerve
ulnar 354.2

upper extremity NEC 354.9
- Displacement, displaced
intervertebral disc (with neuritis, radiculitis, sciatica, or other pain) 722.2
with myelopathy 722.70

cervical, cervicodorsal, cervicothoracic 722.0


with myelopathy 722.71


due to major trauma - see Dislocation, vertebra, cervical

due to trauma - see Dislocation, vertebra
lumbar, lumbosacral 722.10


with myelopathy 722.73


due to major trauma - see Dislocation, vertebra, lumbar

thoracic, thoracolumbar 722.11


with myelopathy 722.72


due to major trauma - see Dislocation, vertebra, thoracic
- Neuritis (see also Neuralgia) 729.2

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