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2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 738.5
Other acquired deformity of back or spine
- ICD-9-CM 738.5 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
738.5 Alternative Terminology
- Acquired deformity of spine
- Cervical spine deformity
- Deformity of cervical vertebra
- Deformity of joint of thoracic spine
- Deformity of lumbar spine
- Deformity of spine
- Deformity of spine due to injury
- Deformity of spine, acquired
- Deformity of thoracic spine
- Deformity of thoracic vertebra
- Finding of form of lumbar spine
- Flatback syndrome
- Flatback syndrome of lumbar region
- Flatback syndrome of lumbar spine
- Flatback syndrome of lumbosacral region
- Flatback syndrome of lumbosacral spine
- Flatback syndrome of thoracolumbar region
- Flatback syndrome of thoracolumbar spine
- Rotational deformity of thoracic spine
- Vertical spinal deviation
738.5 Excludes 
-Applies To
- Deformity of spine NOS
Convert 738.5 to ICD-10-CM
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 738.5:
sacrum (acquired) 
lumbosacral (joint) (region) (congenital) 
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