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2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 721.90
Spondylosis of unspecified site, without mention of myelopathy
- group of related inflammatory, arthritic diseases of the joints in the spine sharing clinical and radiologic features and are associated with the MHC class I molecule HLA-B27 antigen.
- ICD-9-CM 721.90 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
721.90 Alternative Terminology
- Arthritis of back
- Arthritis, back
- Disorder of joint of spine
- Localized spondylosis
- Localized, secondary spondylosis
- Osteoarthritis, spine, localized
- Osteoarthritis, spine, secondary, localized
- Secondary localized spondylosis
- Seronegative spondyloarthropathy
- Spondyloarthropathy
- Spondyloarthropathy, seronegative
- Spondyloarthropathy, undifferentiated
- Spondylosis of spine without myelopathy
- Spondylosis without myelopathy
- Spondylosis wo myelopathy
- Undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy
Applies To
- Spinal:
- arthritis (deformans) (degenerative) (hypertrophic)
- osteoarthritis NOS
- Spondylarthrosis NOS
Convert 721.90 to ICD-10-CM 
ICD-9-CM 721.90 converts approximately to:
- 2013 ICD-10-CM M47.819 Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, site unspecified
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 721.90:
- Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (subacute) 716.9
back (see also Arthritis, spine) 721.90
- degenerative (see also Osteoarthrosis) 715.9
- spine 721.90
with myelopathy 721.91- atrophic 720.9
- degenerative 721.90
with myelopathy 721.91
- hypertrophic (with deformity) 721.90
- with myelopathy 721.91
- infectious or infective NEC 720.9
- Marie-Strümpell 720.0
- nonpyogenic 721.90
- with myelopathy 721.91
- pyogenic 720.9
- rheumatoid 720.0
- traumatic (old) 721.7
- tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 015.0 [720.81]
- vertebral (see also Arthritis, spine) 721.90
- Arthrosis (deformans) (degenerative) (see also Osteoarthrosis) 715.9
- spine (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
- Change(s) (of) - see also Removal of
- Degeneration, degenerative
- articular cartilage NEC (see also Disorder, cartilage, articular) 718.0
- changes, spine or vertebra (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
- Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
- joint NEC 719.9
ankle 719.97- Charcôt 094.0 [713.5]
- degenerative (see also Osteoarthrosis) 715.9
- multiple 715.09
- spine (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
- elbow 719.92
- foot 719.97
- hand 719.94
- hip 719.95
- hypertrophic (chronic) (degenerative) (see also Osteoarthrosis) 715.9
- spine (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
- knee 719.96
- Luschka 721.90
- multiple sites 719.99
- pelvic region 719.95
- sacroiliac 724.6
- shoulder (region) 719.91
- specified site NEC 719.98
- spine NEC 724.9
- wrist 719.93
- Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
- arthritis (chronic) (see also Osteoarthrosis) 715.9
- spine (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
- spondylitis (spine) (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
- Lipping
- spine (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
- vertebra (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
- Luschka's joint disease 721.90
- Osteoarthritica spondylitis (spine) (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
- Osteoarthritis (see also Osteoarthrosis) 715.9
- interspinalis (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
- spine, spinal NEC (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
- Osteoarthrosis (degenerative) (hypertrophic) (rheumatoid) 715.9
- spine (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
- Spondylarthritis (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
- Spondylarthrosis (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
- Spondylitis 720.9
- chronic (traumatic) (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
- deformans (chronic) (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
- hypertrophic (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
- osteoarthritica (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
- senescent (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
- senile (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
- static (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
- traumatic (chronic) (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
- Spondyloarthrosis (see also Spondylosis) 721.90
- Spondylosis 721.90
- with
- inflammatory 720.9
- traumatic 721.7
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