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what ICD-9 code would you use for this "D.I.S.H." (Disseminate Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis)? Looks like it may be also referred to as "Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis.
I use 721.8 allied disorders of spine. If you start your search with hyperostosis, then choose vertebral, then other, it leads you to 721.8 allied disorders of spine.