AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2025 Issue 3; Ask the Editor

Disc Space Narrowing

A patient with lower back pain presents for radiologic examination of the lumbar spine. The final impression indicates a diagnosis of multilevel degenerative changes of the lumbosacral spine with disc space narrowing, at the L5-S1 level. When referencing “narrowing,” the Alphabetic Index instructs to “see also Stenosis.” However, spinal stenosis was not documented by the provider. What is the correct code assignment for degenerative changes of the lumbar spine with disc space narrowing? ...

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