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738.5 - Other Acquired Deformity Of Back Or Spine


The ICD 9 Code for Other acquired deformity of back or spine is listed as 738.5.
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: 738.5
Long Description: Other acquired deformity of back or spine
Short Description: Other acq back deformity
Chapter: Diseases Of The Musculoskeletal System And Connective Tissue
Block: Osteopathies, Chondropathies, And Acquired Musculoskeletal Deformities (730-739)
Related Descriptions: Acquired deformity of spine
Cervical spine deformity
Deformity of cervical vertebra
Deformity of joint of thoracic spine
Deformity of lumbar spine
Deformity of spine
Deformity of spine due to injury
Deformity of thoracic spine
Deformity of thoracic vertebra
Finding of form of lumbar spine
Rotational deformity of thoracic spine
Vertical spinal deviation
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: M99.83 - Other biomechanical lesions of lumbar region (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: M99.84 - Other biomechanical lesions of sacral region (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 738.5:
738.0 - Acquired deformity of nose
738.2 - Acquired deformity of neck
738.3 - Acquired deformity of chest and rib
738.4 - Acquired spondylolisthesis
738.6 - Acquired deformity of pelvis
738.7 - Cauliflower ear
738.8 - Acquired deformity of other specified site
738.9 - Acquired deformity of unspecified site