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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
*This code is not merely a symptom, it is a specific disorder. | |||
*The sciatic nerve is the largest nerve in the body and begins from nerve roots in the lumbar spinal cord in the low back and extends through the buttock area to send nerve endings down the lower limb. The pain of sciatica is sometimes referred to as sciatic nerve pain. | *The sciatic nerve is the largest nerve in the body and begins from nerve roots in the lumbar spinal cord in the low back and extends through the buttock area to send nerve endings down the lower limb. The pain of sciatica is sometimes referred to as sciatic nerve pain. | ||
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | ||
*[[Pain, back NOS (back pain)]] | |||
*[[Pain, acute NOS]] | |||
*[[Pain, chronic NOS]] | |||
*[[Pain NOS, not specified if acute or chronic]] | |||
*[[Spine or back, mechanical disorder involving bone or cartilage, NOS]] | *[[Spine or back, mechanical disorder involving bone or cartilage, NOS]] | ||
*[[Hemarthrosis, any joint]] | *[[Hemarthrosis, any joint]] | ||
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== Related CCI Codes == | == Related CCI Codes == | ||
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== Related Articles == | == Related Articles == | ||
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