AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2006 Issue 2; Ask the Editor

Degenerative Disc Disease Due to Transition Syndrome with Sagittal Imbalance

A patient status post spinal fusion and multiple back operations is admitted for chronic low back pain. She is diagnosed with transition syndrome of L1-2 with sagittal imbalance secondary to degenerative disc disease. What are the appropriate diagnostic code assignments for these conditions? Is the transition syndrome considered a complication of the spinal fusion procedure? ...

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