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724.9 - Other Unspecified Back Disorders


The ICD 9 Code for Other unspecified back disorders is listed as 724.9.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: 724.9
Long Description: Other unspecified back disorders
Short Description: Back disorder NOS
Chapter: Diseases Of The Musculoskeletal System And Connective Tissue
Block: Dorsopathies (720-724)
Related Descriptions: Ankylosis of spine
Back problem
Cervical spine ankylosis
Cervical spine stiff
Cervicothoracic ankylosis
Complete ankylosis of the spine
Compression of spinal nerve root
Disorder of back
Disorder of cervical spine
Disorder of lumbar disc
Disorder of lumbar spine
Disorder of sacrococcygeal spine
Disorder of spinal region
Disorder of spine
Disorder of thoracic spine
Dorsopathies
Flatback syndrome
Lesion of thoracic spine
Lumbar ache - renal
Lumbar spine unstable
On examination - lumbar spine abnormal
On examination - thoracic spine abnormal
Osseous and subluxation stenosis of intervertebral foramina
Thoracic spine ankylosis
Thoracic spine cool
Thoracic spine hot
Thoracic spine inflamed
Thoracic spine instability
Thoracolumbar ankylosis
Vertebral column syndromes
Weakness of back
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: M43.8X9 - Other specified deforming dorsopathies, site unspecified (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: M53.9 - Dorsopathy, unspecified (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 724.9:
724.1 - Pain in thoracic spine
724.2 - Lumbago
724.3 - Sciatica
724.4 - Thoracic or lumbosacral neuritis or radiculitis, unspecified
724.5 - Backache, unspecified
724.6 - Disorders of sacrum
724.8 - Other symptoms referable to back