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 == Additional Info ==
 *This code is for NONTRAUMATIC cord compression.  For traumatic spinal cord injuries use: {{DT | Tina will put those mult codes e.g. S14.19....}}
-{{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}}
 == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==