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The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a US system of medical classification used for procedural coding.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency responsible for maintaining the inpatient procedure code set in the U.S., contracted with 3M Health Information Systems in 1995 to design and then develop a procedure classification system to replace Volume 3 of ICD-9-CM.
Arthrofibrosis of the knee, also known as "frozen knee", has been one of the more studied joints as a result of its frequency of occurrence. [4] [5] Arthrofibrosis can follow knee injury and knee surgeries like arthroscopic knee surgery or knee replacement. Scar tissue can cause structures of the knee to become contracted, restricting normal ...
953.2 Injury to lumbar nerve root; 953.3 Injury to sacral nerve root; 953.4 Injury to brachial plexus; 953.5 Injury to lumbosacral plexus; 953.8 Injury to multiple sites of nerve roots and spinal plexus; 953.9 Injury to unspecified site of nerve roots and spinal plexus; 954 Injury to other nerve(s) of trunk, excluding shoulder and pelvic girdles
Failed back syndrome (abbreviated as FBS) is a condition characterized by chronic pain following back surgeries. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The term "post-laminectomy syndrome" is sometimes used by doctors to indicate the same condition as failed back syndrome. [ 3 ]
Low back pain is not a specific disease but rather a complaint that may be caused by a large number of underlying problems of varying levels of seriousness. [30] The majority of low back pain does not have a clear cause [1] but is believed to be the result of non-serious muscle or skeletal issues such as sprains or strains. [31]
Post-traumatic arthritis is a form of osteoarthritis and the former can occur after the latter. However, post-traumatic arthritis can also occur after the development of chronic inflammatory arthritis. Generally, post-traumatic arthritis is classified in two groups: post-traumatic osteoarthritis and post-traumatic inflammatory arthritis. [2]
Diagnostic injections of anesthetic into the piriformis may be used to confirm the diagnosis. [29] Often piriformis syndrome is a diagnosis of exclusion. [29] A complete exam of low back, pelvis, buttocks, lower extremities may be necessary to rule out differential diagnoses. [29]
Nonsurgical interventions include drugs, physical therapy, and spinal injections. [10] Spinal decompression is the main surgical intervention and is the most common back surgery in patients over 65. [1] Other forms of surgical procedures include: laminectomy, microdiscectomy and laminoplasty.