ICD-10:
Focus on Laterality for These Sciatica Equivalents
Published on Tue Aug 19, 2014
Don’t overlook this Excludes1 Note. Sciatica means the patient presents with compression to the sciatic nerve. To report the correct code, you should specify where the sciatica is occurring. ICD-9-CM Code: Currently, you report this condition with this code: 724.3, Sciatica ICD-10-CM Code: When your diagnosis system changes, you will report instead: M54.30, Sciatica, unspecified side M54.31, Sciatica, right side [...]
