2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 724.3
Sciatica
- syndrome characterized by pain radiating from the back into the buttock and into the lower extremity along its posterior or lateral aspect, and most commonly caused by protrusion of a low lumbar intervertebral disk; also used to refer to pain anywhere along the course of the sciatic nerve.
- ICD-9-CM 724.3 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 724.3.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 724.3: 2013.
724.3 Alternative Terminology
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ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 724.3:
Cotugno's 
sacroiliac joint 
