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722.6 Degeneration of intervertebral disc, site unspecified Degenerative disc disease; 722.7 Intervertebral disc disorder with myelopathy; 722.8 Postlaminectomy syndrome; 723 Other disorders of cervical region. 723.0 Spinal stenosis in cervical region; 723.1 Cervicalgia; 723.2 Cervicocranial syndrome; 723.3 Cervicobrachial syndrome (diffuse ...
Total disc replacement (TDR), or artificial disc replacement (ADR), is a type of arthroplasty in which degenerated intervertebral discs in the vertebral column are replaced with artificial disc implants in the lumbar (lower) or cervical (upper) spine.
Postoperative radiation is delivered within 2–3 weeks of surgical decompression. Emergency radiation therapy (usually 20 grays in 5 fractions, 30 grays in 10 fractions or 8 grays in 1 fraction) is the mainstay of treatment for malignant spinal cord compression. It is very effective as pain control and local disease control.
Dementia of the Alzheimer's type, with early onset, with depressed mood: Included only in the DSM-IV. 294.10: Dementia of the Alzheimer's type, with early onset, without behavioral disturbance: Included only in the DSM-IV-TR. 294.xx: Dementia of the Alzheimer's type, with late onset: Coded 290.xx in the DSM-IV. 290.0: Dementia of the Alzheimer ...
Anterior cervical discectomy. The neurosurgeon or orthopedic surgeon enters the space between two discs through a small incision in front (= anterior) of and at the right or left side of the neck. The disc is completely removed, as well as arthritic bone spurs. The disc material, pressing on the spinal nerve or spinal cord, is then completely ...
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: A procedure that reaches the cervical spine (neck) through a small incision in the front of the neck. The intervertebral disc is removed and replaced with a small plug of bone or other graft substitute, along with a height restoration device to un-impinge nerves, and in time, the vertebrae will fuse ...
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.
Cervical spinal nerve C7 controls triceps and wrist extension. Cervical spinal nerve C8 helps control the hand. [18] The cervicocranial syndrome occurs when symptoms arise due to cervical vertebrae damage (misalignment, collapse, shift or disease, such as tumor) resulting in the improper functioning of the cervical spinal nerves.