ICD-10:
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Codes 724.02 and 724.03 Will Funnel to Same ICD-10 Choice
Published on Tue Jan 28, 2014
Pay attention to extended bridge codes in some situations. Your physician diagnoses lumbar spinal stenosis, you currently have two coding options based on whether the patient exhibits neurogenic claudication: 724.02 (Spinal stenosis, lumbar region; without neurogenic claudication) or 724.03 (… with neurogenic claudication). ICD-10 change: The basic code switch when ICD-10 becomes effective in October will be simple. Both current [...]