Spinal cord compression: Difference between revisions

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{{ICD10 dx

|ICD10 Code=G95.2

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{{ICD10 transition status

| OldDxArticle = Spinal Compression;Cervical Myelopathy

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| InitialEditorAssigned = Joyce Peterson

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~~{{ICD10 dx~~

~~| MinimumCombinedCodes =~~

~~| ICD10 Code=G95.2~~

~~| BugRequired=~~

}}

~~{{ICD10 category|Spine}}{{ICD10 category|Trauma}}{{ICD10 category|Musculoskeletal/soft tissue}}~~

~~{{ICD10 category|Neuro}}~~

== Additional Info ==

~~{{DA |~~*~~I have the Spinal Compression~~ code ~~giving me an error that it needs a trauma mechanism~~. ~~My patient has~~ spinal cord ~~compression from an (~~[[~~Intraspinal abscess~~]]~~epidural abscess~~), ~~so there is no~~ trauma ~~involved. I think someone else has asked you about it before. On the wiki that code is in the trauma category~~, ~~but I don’t want to move it out of there because sometimes it is due to~~ trauma ~~and I don’t want to cause other problems. Can you please look into this, because I can’t send the file. Joanna Velasco May 27.19}}~~

*This code is for NONTRAUMATIC cord compression.

'''Includes'''

*central cord syndrome, code cause if know eg [[Spinal stenosis]]

'''Excludes'''

*For traumatic spinal cord injuries use the appropriate of the following:

**[[Spinal cord, cervical (C-spine), injury/trauma]]

**[[Spinal cord, lumbar (L-spine), injury/trauma]]

**[[Spinal cord, thoracic (T-spine), injury/trauma]]

== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==

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+{{ICD10 dx
+|ICD10 Code=G95.2
+}}
+{{ICD10 category|Spine}}
+{{ICD10 category|Musculoskeletal/soft tissue}}
+{{ICD10 category|Neuro}}
 {{ICD10 transition status
 | OldDxArticle = Spinal Compression;Cervical Myelopathy
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 | InitialEditorAssigned = Joyce Peterson
 }}
-{{ICD10 dx
-| MinimumCombinedCodes =
-| ICD10 Code=G95.2
-| BugRequired=
-}}
-{{ICD10 category|Spine}}{{ICD10 category|Trauma}}{{ICD10 category|Musculoskeletal/soft tissue}}
-{{ICD10 category|Neuro}}
 == Additional Info ==
-{{DA |*I have the Spinal Compression code giving me an error that it needs a trauma mechanism. My patient has spinal cord compression from an ([[Intraspinal abscess]]epidural abscess), so there is no trauma involved. I think someone else has asked you about it before. On the wiki that code is in the trauma category, but I don’t want to move it out of there because sometimes it is due to trauma and I don’t want to cause other problems. Can you please look into this, because I can’t send the file. Joanna Velasco May 27.19}}
+*This code is for NONTRAUMATIC cord compression.
+'''Includes'''
+*central cord syndrome, code cause if know eg [[Spinal stenosis]]
+'''Excludes'''
+*For traumatic spinal cord injuries use the appropriate of the following:
+**[[Spinal cord, cervical (C-spine), injury/trauma]]
+**[[Spinal cord, lumbar (L-spine), injury/trauma]]
+**[[Spinal cord, thoracic (T-spine), injury/trauma]]
 == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==